3/ COVID-19 hospitalization surge among U.S. children spurs new Omicron concerns
"OH: 125% increase in hospitalizations in 4 weeks. FL, NJ, IL: at least 2x average 7-day hospitalization of underage patients with the coronavirus over past week"
The enormous fire yesterday a few miles south of us. 500+ homes destroyed, some friends lost everything.
Fueled by climate change (driest Jul-Dec on record, hurricane-force winds (likely made stronger by unusually strong thermal contrast). Why we need to #EndFossilFuels
Before the pandemic I didn't use Twitter much. Now I am becoming an expert on the many types of logical fallacies that people who do NOT have any arguments use to try to discredit scientists
3/ I've decided to catalogue and respond here to some of the most common things I am confronted with, in an attempt to diminish my expertise, question my motives, and turn people against me in general.
They are repeating the error of Alexander Langmuir (later of the @CDCgov) in the 1940s, which led them to erroneously underestimate the importance of airborne transmission for many diseases.
Here I will try to compile some of the good examples that others should copy.
2G/ UK Government: "COVID is like smoke" with a clear visualization:
[Note that many countries have both good and bad examples. Such is the situation we are in, as @WHO et al. don't provide a strong message that would lead to the good mssgs prevailing]
Es un tema en q no soy experto. Al principio casi todos los virólogos decían q era origen natural
Mi impresión actual es q origen natural (de animal) o q un virus natural contagiase a un investigador en Wuhan son los 2 posibles. No se sabe seguro
2/ Leo los debates, y ese es mi resumen por ahora: las 2 hipótesis tienen buenos argumentos y son plausibles. No hay uno q sea claramente cierto o falso.
@MichaelWorobey@Ayjchan@c_drosten 3/ Los medios chinos andan echando balones fuera. Si es verdad, por ocultarlo, y si no lo es, para que no se les acuse injustamente.