people have been pissed at him ever since he tweeted about the r value being “thermonuclear” back in january 2020, but though he has usually been on the side of the alarm he has usually been correct, & the people giving him a hard time have usually been wrong. this seems petty
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He was right too about the unmitigated R (per his pinned tweet). The variants are even worse now, aka Brazil and India. Tipping, which I'm not doing, is considered grifting?
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It’s a serious accusation and I’d just like someone to cite a specific example of Dr Eric misleading the public.
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Replying to @CGDavidB @ShrikeTron and
He makes super inflammatory tweets to scare people. If you read the comments here, there’s one that says exactly what he did wrong.
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Replying to @sassybibrarian @CGDavidB and
i think people are just annoyed at his tone. frankly i am annoyed at their tone... the people pissed at him were often in denial about the things eric was worried about, and either resisted it publicly or were silent. not admiting their mistakes, they call eric alarmist
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Replying to @DanielleFong @sassybibrarian and
I mean isn’t the problem that we as a nation have been under-reacting to covid? And that the
@UW found actual deaths closer to 900k?https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cdc-reviewing-higher-covid-19-death-toll-independent-group-considering-revising-2021-05-07/ …1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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Oh, I’d agree with that. The problem is that poor scientific communication is generally not helpful. His alarmism tends to freak out the wrong people. The people who should be listening won’t.
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Replying to @sassybibrarian @CGDavidB and
literally millions of people listened to eric’s early alarm on this in jan 2020 and the iterated effect that had is probably untold lives. i don’t think the population people people following his posts has polarized as you describe
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There are far better health experts to follow than Eric and who communicate much less hysterically and interpret the data much more accurately. My opinion based on other health experts I follow who I trust more.
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Replying to @sassybibrarian @CGDavidB and
by all means follow more than one, but in my assessment if you miss eric you’re missing a lot and are slower actually. overall he’s had one of the highest accuracies, especially if weighted to the most important topics.
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I guess I’m starting to realize there are factions in the scientific and medical professions (not relegated only to politicians) and that it’s important to separate facts from personal biases. I’m just here to learn.
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