Twelve Forgotten Principles of Public Health
#1 Public health is about all health outcomes, not just a single disease like #COVID19. It is important to also consider harms from public health measures. #totalharms
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#10 Public health scientists and officials must be honest with what is not known. For example, epidemic models should be run with the whole range of plausible input parameters.https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data/ …
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#11 In public health, open civilized debate is profoundly critical. Censoring, silencing and smearing leads to fear of speaking, herd thinking and distrust. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-covid-science-wars1/ …
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#12 It is important for public health scientists and officials to listen to the public, who are living the public health consequences. This pandemic has proved that many non-epidemiologists understand public health better than some epidemiologists. / END https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1321785323676991489 …
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Shaming and fear has been the message from Day 1. This principle went out the window months ago!
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Many governments and their advisors don't even pretend to have the trust of citizens. They just bark orders and deploy the police to enforce them. Sometimes proponents of coercion argue that people don't listen to guidance/recommendations. This argument collapses when you...
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...look at the actual rule. For example, scientists and governments never advised against leaving your home after a given hour. What they advised against was gatherings. And yet many countries enforce a blanket ban on leaving your home after a given hour (curfew). This rule...
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Ese tuit me recordó a lo que dices
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And fear does not work people turn off
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False. Public health is about science and truth. Trust belongs to rhetoric, perception and manipulation. You are just defending privilege. You are just making a case for gatekeeping.
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