it is indeed evidence, and when this is added to the evidence of neurological symptoms it seems very important to release this information. there's no such thing as a scientists web for coronavirus really because it's happening too quickly. agree that there is manipulation.
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Replying to @DanielleFong
There are other ways to communicate with fellow scientists that aren’t a public facing news outlet. There are journals, bulletins, email lists. This was press released by a comms department.
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Replying to @DanielleFong
I have an MSc in science communication and I used to work in a comms department, I’m 98% sure that’s how it went down. It’s not as egregious as other examples of small/preprint/speculative studies hitting the headlines but it’s part of a concerning pattern.
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Research hits headlines with something like ‘proof of first cases in Wuhan in AUGUST’ or ‘asymptomatic transmission of covid is rare’ and that headline spreads and becomes the story. It’s then walked back or debunked but it’s too late.
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yeah that bullshit is the worst. I think this is very different from those cases though.
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it's not an announcement from WHO, which specifically has the job of informing people of the difference between asymptomatic and presymptomatic it's specifically said that it's the *first* direct *evidence* that *could* infect the brain, the headline is epistemically valid.
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The public don’t give a shit about ‘epistemically valid’. Most people won’t even read past the headline. It’s reckless and short sighted. Buuut what do I know, it’s only something I’ve studied in depth
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not trying to upset you. all media is like this. it's a shitty system. but i think it's an extra and complicating burden to have to moderate yourself for how you will be misunderstood. a near majority of the public believes the coronavirus was a hoax. believes darwin is a hoax.
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i think it's different in the ways I expressed, if you are saying it's mainly the same in the way that it's reckless and short sighted, I think, yes, this too is way below what it could be, but it's in an atmosphere of like, TheHill calling Trump's rally in Tulsa post-corona
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