Thread by @DrEricDing

THE @CDCDirector NEEDS TO GO—@CDCgov says anyone with this short list of 24+ risk factors can basically go screw yourselves—“If you have one of these conditions, talk with your healthcare provider about how best to protect yourself from severe #COVID19."🔥
cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…

2) “a person with any of the conditions listed below is more likely to get very sick from COVID-19. This means that a person with 1+ of these conditions who gets very sick from COVID-19 is more likely to:
📌Be hospitalized
📌Need intensive care
📌Require a ventilator
📌Die

3) Yes, basically— you have a more likely chance to “DIE” if you have 1 of 24 risk factors…. Which, checks notes 📝, is probably 3 out of 4 👀 Americans by this epidemiologist’s back-of-napkin best estimate from 18 years of doing chronic disease epidemiology.

4) the @CDCgov has also dramatically moved the goal post of mitigation and risk levels. It’s pretty sickening to be honest. This is supposed to be a science agency.

https://twitter.com/honeyrosie/status/1497380984882270210

To be honest, I’m starting to feel Ukrainian 🇺🇦 leaders have more empathy for sick and dying people than the @CDCDirector or her @CDCgov spineless staffers who won’t speak up against her. Anyone else feel that way?

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1497567917294116869

6) @CDCgov guidelines for “high levels” of community transmission risk is currently all over the place. One site is almost all red and the other majority mixed with low and medium. No wonder people are confused as hell @CDCDirector

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1497319120567742464

7) I’m so sick of @CDCDirector gaslighting people about COVID. You can’t both tell people COVID is “substantial” risk in your area but then say it’s low risk enough to go without masks. Seriously @CDCgov staffers - doesn’t anyone in the agency have the guts to speak out???

https://twitter.com/dianaberrent/status/1497318815465672705

8) As reminder — these the cardinal red flags 🚩to look out for when assessing whether a public health / medical official is level headed or not…

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1449079854159343617

9) BEFORE and AFTER. @CDCDirector — what say you? I’m ready to start a “hey hey, ho ho” chant.

https://twitter.com/wsbgnl/status/1497884096726323201