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Everything in this article is spot on. A mask is more than a filter, it is a behavioral intervention. πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡
Totally agree
tabletmag.com/sections/scien…
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-…

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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH πŸŽ™οΈπŸ“· Profile picture
Jan 25
Can people help me add to this list of op-eds critical of the ridiculous restrictions on vax'd college kids on campus?

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medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-…
bostonglobe.com/2022/01/20/opi…
bariweiss.substack.com/p/universities…
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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH πŸŽ™οΈπŸ“· Profile picture
Jan 25
New paper out led by @mlythoe @vkprasadlab

We summarize comments received by FDA in response to their proposal that you don't need to receive standard of care to enroll in trials

We detailed the proposal first in NRCO...
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authors.elsevier.com/a/1eTQf7tJEDOI… Image
Here was that summary along with pitfalls
Now many have written to the FDA supportive of changes, which will allow easier paths to front line and large market share

It seems like it will come to pass
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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH πŸŽ™οΈπŸ“· Profile picture
Jan 24
Yes! Vax booster mandates are just like seat belts. In 3 months in 1984, for anyone who didn't buckle up 100%, they were fired from their place of employment and not allowed to work again in that sector. Enforcement was absolute...
Also people who had seat belts already (natural immunity) That didn't count. You had to install the special new seat belt. And you only had a few months to do it.
Oh, and we initially believed that seat belts would protect other people. But then very quickly we learned that there was a new variant and they only protect the wearer, but that didn't stop us.
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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH πŸŽ™οΈπŸ“· Profile picture
Jan 24
Brilliant essay by John Ioannidis and Michaela Schippers in @tabletmag

I share their concern that suppression of democratic norms to combat the pandemic is a dangerous precedent, and has no checks or balances

Censorship fuels this

tabletmag.com/sections/scien…
Who decides when a public health crisis rises to emergency levels?

Once the decision is made, wide scale suppression of democracy can follow.

Including freedom of Assembly, freedom of speech, limitations on political protest
The media has become an arm for the government's version of scientific facts. Descending facts and opinions are squelched under the guise of 'misinformation'

Yet in many cases the censors are not qualified for the task
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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH πŸŽ™οΈπŸ“· Profile picture
Jan 24
NYTimes pandemic coverage is so off the mark, it does not even get the errors correct.

Allow me to detail what the administration REALLY got wrong in 2021

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nytimes.com/2022/01/23/us/…
The administration should have pursued a 1 dose vaccine strategy. Give 1 dose to more people and delay dose 2.

The UK did this, and multiple modeling papers show it would save more lives

Wrongly, Fauci disagreed, and they stuck to 1 dose & 21 and 28 day time table of vax
This time table meant that antibody durability was poorer than had they delayed (delays help Ab)

Adverse events (myocarditis) were greater, and it slowed vaccine rollout, leading to deaths

It was the first of many errors...
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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH πŸŽ™οΈπŸ“· Profile picture
Jan 23
" I'm done with COVID" is short for: "Continuing draconian restrictions at this moment is inflicting far more damage on vulnerable populations (especially kids) than benefit, and I will no longer participate in your inability to consider trade-offs"
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Vaccines have been widely available for anyone five and up.

An unvaccinated teenager has risks lower than a vaccinated adult.

Across this country people are opening up and returning to normal life, while some liberal elite zoom-based pockets refuse to.
School closures are poison.

They were never proportionate to the risks kids faced.

They were always in manifestation of adult anxiety. Same goes for kids masking. Which has zero randomized controlled trials. A stain on science. Moreover, the US went beyond WHO down to 2yoπŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ
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