Ok. I've had my coffee and I think there are some things that need to be said about this @undarkmag piece
It is, I think, thoroughly misleading and in many places wronghttps://twitter.com/stephaniemlee/status/1271152906935230464 …
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And then this paragraph, which alludes to issues with specificity without really understanding them Yes, low-prevalence areas can be an issue, but not all seroprevalence surveys have been done in low-prevalence areas!pic.twitter.com/q5Uxdj9sEU
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For example, the New York City seroprevalence is estimated at 22.7% Bergamo is >50% With these numbers, the IFR is 0.5-1%, and with no substantial issues in terms of specificity
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Now, that leads us to the final paragraphs This one in particular has...issuespic.twitter.com/8L2gmCPCWR
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Firstly, this is all posed as some vague academic dispute IT IS NOTHING OF THE SORT At this moment in time, academics with huge influence can quite literally decide whether millions of people live or die
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I've been told by a number of sources that the Santa Clara study DIRECTLY impacted policy decisions in several countries That's not just an academic question
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Presenting this whole debacle as "just asking questions" or as some kind of vague academic dispute about correctness is, imo, really missing the point
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And the piece ends with this, which is, uh, an odd thing to say How in the world can you describe what is happening as 'silencing'???pic.twitter.com/gRAicWKAEB
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Ioannidis has, by my count, appeared on more than a dozen national US TV shows, had a Youtube video with millions of hits, has been in print another dozen times, and has written two lengthy editorials If that's silencing, sign me up
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Overall, I think the piece is very misleading, and as I've pointed out factually incorrect in several aspects
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