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    Balaji Srinivasan‏Verified account @balajis 27 Mar 2020

    Balaji Srinivasan Retweeted Kelsey Piper

    Praise to @KelseyTuoc for admitting failures in early virus coverage. Vox, Recode, WaPo, Wired, BuzzFeed, NYT Opinion all ran pieces that downplayed threat & mocked preparation. Why? Perhaps no upside in media for unpopular truths. And no downside for repeating groupthink.https://twitter.com/KelseyTuoc/status/1243301678301888512 …

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    Kelsey PiperVerified account @KelseyTuoc
    One thing I've struggled with personally - I told my family in early February that we should expect the virus to hit here and should buy what we'd need and plan to soon stop leaving our home. I wasn't that direct in a public article for three more weeks. Why not?
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      1. Balaji Srinivasan‏Verified account @balajis 27 Mar 2020

        Balaji Srinivasan Retweeted Balaji Srinivasan

        There's one point Kelsey makes that I do disagree with: did public health officials not raise the alarm? Many in Asia & WHO *did* raise alarm. See this thread from Jan 31. Yet media virus denial would continue for weeks. With devastating consequences.https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1223088081777065985 …

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        Balaji SrinivasanVerified account @balajis
        First, you made a comparison error. The current death toll of the flu is not comparable to the future death toll of a fast-spreading new virus with no vaccine. Second, to reduce that future death toll, WHO just declared a global emergency. "Panic" is never warranted, concern is. https://twitter.com/azeen/status/1223020563351973888 …
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      1. W_M‏ @_fintech_crypto 27 Mar 2020
        Replying to @balajis @KelseyTuoc

        I struggle to understand why people in the USA thought it wouldn"t go down just like it did in China..... 🤔🤔🤔

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      1. Whale Fall‏Verified account @WhaleFall 27 Mar 2020
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        I liked this better when it was happening in “Chernobyl.”

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      1. Amadeus Amadeus‏ @charlesamadeus 27 Mar 2020
        Replying to @balajis @KelseyTuoc

        Herding happens. Gotta hug your benchmark lest you get fired. No upside for being a hero, tons of downside if you're wrong. Just like asset management.

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      1. Pepe‏ @0xbankless 27 Mar 2020
        Replying to @balajis @KelseyTuoc

        For the longest time they argued that masks weren’t necessary and didn’t help. From what we’re seeing in Europe v Asia, I’d disagree

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      2. nptacek.eth ᵍᵐ ( 😈, 😇)( 🥖, 🥖)‏ @nptacek 27 Mar 2020
        Replying to @balajis @KelseyTuoc

        I’ve been thinking about this a lot tonight. If @KelseyTuoc was saying one thing to family and another thing to the public, what kind of conversations are people @CDCgov and other government roles having with their own families behind closed doors? Makes you wonder.

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      3. nptacek.eth ᵍᵐ ( 😈, 😇)( 🥖, 🥖)‏ @nptacek 27 Mar 2020
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        ^ major respect re-earned by @KelseyTuoc for owning up to it, though (I couldn’t squeeze this into the last tweet, but it belongs up there in flashing neon lights. @KelseyTuoc was brave enough to tell the truth. We need people like her more than ever these days)

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      2. Tuur Demeester‏ @TuurDemeester 28 Mar 2020
        Replying to @balajis @KelseyTuoc

        Media cos are incentivized to hire people who tell the public what they (the majority) want to hear, and who have the same biases. An accurate, scary sounding report might have gotten way less clicks. (Not defending media here, but imo this is an underestimated factor)

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      3. Ladislav‏ @ladislavtweet 28 Mar 2020
        Replying to @TuurDemeester @balajis @KelseyTuoc

        Human feature you can see on social media as well @TuurDemeester . How many of us follow people we disagree with ??

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