I don't understand academics. Our brain = our bread and butter. Without it properly functioning, we cannot work.
We read peer reviewed lit and trust it. That lit says: covid = bad for brain.Really bad!
Yet no mitigation in our conferences or classrooms.
Our workplaces are unsafe.
We read peer reviewed lit and trust it. That lit says: covid = bad for brain.Really bad!
Yet no mitigation in our conferences or classrooms.
Our workplaces are unsafe.
https://twitter.com/brownecfm/status/1763114055097565612
So, what's going on?
A couple of thoughts:
1/ Most academics don't know about this. I am not sure this is true. In any case, I try to inform. There is really a lot of peer-reviewed lit out there, some of which comes in mainstream press. When did we stop following the science?
A couple of thoughts:
1/ Most academics don't know about this. I am not sure this is true. In any case, I try to inform. There is really a lot of peer-reviewed lit out there, some of which comes in mainstream press. When did we stop following the science?
2/ Academics know about it but have resigned themselves to "it's a new disease that's going to be around forever." -- well, TB, polio, AIDS etc were never eradicated but does that mean we shouldn't use the tools to stop their spread? What makes covid special?
3/ Many academics think this literature is alarmist and wrong. Maybe. Maybe you're willing to bet your future health, your long-term employability, your life on it being wrong. This is a dangerous bet. Maybe I am risk-averse after all
4/ Academics have resigned themselves to collective action being possible, and (given how academia has been) bought into the mindset of everyone for themself--a kind of Hobbesian nightmare scenario where solidarity or vulnerability doesn't exit and where ...
4 (continued) you are strong. you're not one of those vulnerable people, or losers of the academic game. The mindset that we're just a small step away from falling, but if you firmly believe and look the other way and don't look an adjunct in the eye, it won't happen to you.
4 (continued) and this is what I believe is happening with covid denialism and academics. The sense that we're all alone, it's a terrible world where you can fall ill or where your university can downsize, but best way to deal with it is to eat, drink and be merry
Without collective action on this, we are all at risk. Individual choice of wearing a mask, or not attending a very crowded event (as many disabled ppl do) is not going to get us out of it. We need to demand safe work places. We're all vulnerable. We deserve safety /end
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