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Sr writer, infectious diseases @statnews. 2020 Polk Award winner. Nieman '11. Conspiracy theory free zone; I block rude, racist. She/her #Covid #Ebola #flu 🇨🇦

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    1. Helen Branswell‏Verified account @HelenBranswell 11 Feb 2021

      1. Today marks 1 year since the last time I flew. I went to DC to moderate an Aspen Institute panel on the new coronavirus. @WHCOS, @DrNancyM_CDC & Tony Fauci were on the panel. For me the event was surreal — the Titanic had a gaping hole but we were drinking tea on the deck.

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      Helen Branswell‏Verified account @HelenBranswell 11 Feb 2021

      2. To this day I do not understand why, in Feb. 2020, U.S. health leaders were downplaying the risk the virus posed to the world. There was no forcefield around China. Within 2 weeks of this event, hospitals in Iran & northern Italy were swamped with cases. Everything changed.pic.twitter.com/FTEVTs5bdh

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        1. Helen Branswell‏Verified account @HelenBranswell 11 Feb 2021

          3. Today is also the anniversary of when the new coronavirus stopped being called 2019-nCoV. @WHO named the disease #Covid19; the virus that causes it was named SARS-CoV-2. Then-CDC director Redfield told me he didn't think Covid-19 would stick. His prediction didn't age well.pic.twitter.com/9JLs6oKTFK

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        1. supercut outro‏ @supercutoutro 11 Feb 2021
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          $$$ is why

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        1. electricblue‏ @Dreamscythe 11 Feb 2021
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          They learned the wrong lessons from SARS and MERS

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        2. SFDiva‏ @SFDiva2 11 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HelenBranswell

          Hindsight is always 20/20. Interesting to see the calculation that Fauci made. Thanks for your great work-as always.

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        3. piccolbo‏ @piccolbo 11 Feb 2021
          Replying to @SFDiva2 @HelenBranswell

          Branswell was disagreeing back then, many were. That's called foresight, not hindsight.

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        1. Ann Silversides‏ @ASilversides 11 Feb 2021
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          is that screen shot from a book that has been published?

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        1. Nathan Rothstein‏ @nrothstein 11 Feb 2021
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          what book are these quotes from?

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        2. Simon Delagrave‏ @sdelagrave 11 Feb 2021
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          Totally agree. I remember hearing "the risk is low" on CNN and offering my opinion to the television that this might be a temporary situation. They should have said "the risk is low *at the moment* ." The time element was missing from their communications.

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        3. wamylove‏ @wamylove 14 Feb 2021
          Replying to @sdelagrave @HelenBranswell

          The reporters were ordered to say “The risk is low” here after every Covid story for weeks. I was called a “ fear monger” for posting about the danger of the virus.

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        1. kmckenna‏ @aliaskmck 11 Feb 2021
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          Sadly, I don't think it seemed "real" to a lot of political and other leaders in North Americans until it hit a European country ie.Italy.

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