Surprise! Surprise! The doctor making these claims is "fellow" at the conservative think tank @HooverInst. He's merely speculating, pulling nonsense out of his nether regions, and presents zero evidence to support his contention that California has developed herd immunity.
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Replying to @gorskon @HooverInst
FWIW, I believe that unnamed “fellow at a Stanford think tank” is far right historian and frequent Fox News guest Victor Davis Hansen, who has zero expertise in this field.
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Replying to @SethCotlar @HooverInst
It is, I believe, which makes it even more disappointing that
@AlokPatelMD echoed Hansen's nonsense.1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes -
Replying to @gorskon @SethCotlar and
I've added another Tweet to the thread to clarify. The article made it sound (to me, at least) as though Dr. Patel had originated the idea.
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Replying to @gorskon @SethCotlar and
I realize that Dr. Patel expressed skepticism, but he also said that it was "possible" that
#COVID19 had arrived months earlier; by not explicitly saying the idea has no evidence to support it and not tamping down on it harder, he unwittingly amplified the disinformation.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @gorskon @SethCotlar and
If you don't believe me that the interview amplified Hansen's BS "theory," consider that
@IngrahamAngle Tweeted a link to the interview to support her claim that herd immunity is saving California now because the virus has been around a lot longer than we'd previously thought.2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @gorskon @SethCotlar and
I absolutely didn't mean to give credence to that nonsense but I do see where I may have inadvertently done that. I have heard from several public health officials that the disease MAY have been here earlier - but I do NOT, whatsoever, agree with Hansen's claims.
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Replying to @AlokPatelMD @SethCotlar and
We need to be very clear to say exactly that and be concrete. Being wish-washy out of a sense of fairness is portrayed as either agreement or conceding that the crackpot might have a point.
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It lets the crackpots portray their crackpottery as a legitimate scientific controversy. This is no different than dealing with the claims of antivaxxers, climate science deniers, creationists, HIV/AIDS denialists, etc.
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