"Surprisingly, the alleged falsehoods are not mentioned, making scientific discourse difficult", but here is my letter in @StanfordDaily defending @SWAtlasHoover, criticized by 98 Stanford faculty members, and his age-targeted #COVID19 strategy.https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/09/16/letter-to-the-editor-scott-atlas-and-lockdowns/ …
-
Thank you. Thank you for confirming my intial impression that you have little or no idea what you are talking about. Just to clarify, do you actually believe that the size and infectiousness of an asymptomatic population has no effect on the dynamics of the pandemic?
#viralload
-
-
Then what is the basis for your thesis that it is a waste of time to test children and asymptomatics? We know there is transmission from asymptomatic individuals amIright? Am I missing something. Do you at least agree that the drive to obtain herd immunity will kill millions?
-
If there is asymptomatic transmission, it is very rare, but Martin's position accepts that it occurs. His point is that herd immunity is the inevitable endpoint, so delaying *all* infections (esp. in the young/healthy) is both futile and extremely damaging.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Come on Professor... school me on the societal cost/benefits of the drive to obtain herd mentality er uh I mean heard immunity.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
I’m making a good faith effort to fathom your argument. It seems your 9/3 OpEd does not take into account child to adult transmission. We know kids have high titers of virus in the nasopharynges, correct? Why wouldn’t they be infectious? The # of C19+ kids is increasing right?
-
We have studies from Scandinavia and Germany (possibly more) documenting that children may be a BRAKE on infection. There is no heightened transmission in schools, and teachers are no more likely to die than those in any other profession. https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/c1b78bffbfde4a7899eb0d8ffdb57b09/covid-19-school-aged-children.pdf …
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
It seems that you and your colleagues are not doing a good job of keeping up with the literature. May I offer you a summary of recent results from J of Pediatrics;https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/08/looking-at-children-as-the-silent-spreaders-of-sars-cov-2/ …
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
One more question for the road; Do you report any sources of income from commercial of political sources that may influence your opinions and/or writings?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.