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I think about Semmelweis a lot. He’s the guy who discovered hand washing prior to surgery prevented a lot of patient deaths.
In his lifetime, evidence accrued that he was right, but he was still disbelieved. Discussions of his work often center on his persistence. 🧵
In his lifetime, evidence accrued that he was right, but he was still disbelieved. Discussions of his work often center on his persistence. 🧵
We venerate Semmelweis for following the evidence in the face of overwhelming peer pressure not to.
We seldom shame the people who lacked even the most basic intellectual curiosity and therefore CHOSE, yes CHOSE to kill their patients with their ignorance. /2
We seldom shame the people who lacked even the most basic intellectual curiosity and therefore CHOSE, yes CHOSE to kill their patients with their ignorance. /2
We give the anti-Semmelweis faction a pass because “they couldn’t possibly have known.”
Semmelweis required hand washing with chlorine in 1847.
The first national hand washing guidelines were published in the 1980s.
That’s a hell of a long time to be willfully ignorant. /3
Semmelweis required hand washing with chlorine in 1847.
The first national hand washing guidelines were published in the 1980s.
That’s a hell of a long time to be willfully ignorant. /3
I’ve chosen to link the Covid library in my bio so you can find articles anytime you want. There are likely some junk papers, some with low sample sizes, incorrect conclusions, or dubious funding.
If you want a real sense of things, pick your subtopic and pull all the papers. /4
If you want a real sense of things, pick your subtopic and pull all the papers. /4
Let’s say someone has made the claim that Covid causes cognitive damage.
Instead of reflexively shouting in my comments, you also have the option to go to the link in my bio and search for cognitive, brain, blood brain barrier, neurological, dementia, personality, etc. /5
Instead of reflexively shouting in my comments, you also have the option to go to the link in my bio and search for cognitive, brain, blood brain barrier, neurological, dementia, personality, etc. /5
But, in order to be willing to check out the claim, you’d have to be a little curious at least.
You’d have to be willing to question your conclusions.
A lot of folks aren’t. These are the philosophical descendants of the anti-Semmelweis lot who killed their patients. /6
You’d have to be willing to question your conclusions.
A lot of folks aren’t. These are the philosophical descendants of the anti-Semmelweis lot who killed their patients. /6
Now, I don’t know how you’d describe that behavior, but I know that at some point willfully ignoring published data that might encourage more caution acts in service of the harmful thing.
For the anti-Semmelweis crowd, I guess you could say they were “pro-sepsis.” /7
For the anti-Semmelweis crowd, I guess you could say they were “pro-sepsis.” /7
We recognize, of course, that that behavior is dangerous.
It took nearly 150 years, the last 40 of which were spent in study after study after study all proving the same damn thing.
That’s a whole lot of insecurity about being wrong. That behavior deserves to be shamed. /8
It took nearly 150 years, the last 40 of which were spent in study after study after study all proving the same damn thing.
That’s a whole lot of insecurity about being wrong. That behavior deserves to be shamed. /8
So, if there are tens of thousands of studies on multiple aspects of Covid, from airborne transmission, to organ damage, to new autoimmune diseases, viral persistence, waning vaccine efficacy, new cancers, and immune system damage. . ./9
If wastewater shows we are still *very much* in a pandemic, and despite the fact that there is a library of research in my bio put there for you to peruse at your convenience, you still choose to double down on evidence-free claims?
Hell yeah, I’d call that “pro-Covid.” /10
Hell yeah, I’d call that “pro-Covid.” /10
I realize the government and media would very much like to paint a different picture of the likely long term effects and the current trends.
If you’ve found my account, please consider this an invitation to look for information particular to any symptoms you’ve had recently /11
If you’ve found my account, please consider this an invitation to look for information particular to any symptoms you’ve had recently /11
Please don’t be part of the reason we take another century to do the right thing.
Get curious.
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