NEW: The Great Barrington Declaration has received a lot of attention, especially from the Trump administration. How did they gain access? And what exactly do they envision? 1/xhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/health/coronavirus-great-barrington.html …
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Here are some of the main pts: 1) protect the older/vulnerable while letting young people get infected 2) No testing of asymptomatic people 3) No contact tracing. 2/x
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BUT how exactly would this work? How do you define, let alone "protect the vulnerable," when a third of the population has underlying risk factors? And how do you physically separate them from the rest of the population? 3/x
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We talked to authors and signatories. Didn't get many details beyond what's in the declaration because, they said, they are not experts in implementation. 4/x
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As one bioethicist noted, people in communities of poverty will be hit hardest by the plan and see the most deaths. so it's unethical--and also doesn't take human behavior into account. 5/x
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Read on for a deep dive into the plan and its critiques. w/
@SherylNYT and feat. Jay Bhattacharya,@RWalensky@dgurdasani1@davidnabarro@mgmgomes1@sdbaral and othershttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/health/coronavirus-great-barrington.html …11 replies 15 retweets 74 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @apoorva_nyc @SherylNYT and
Kausik Retweeted Apoorva Mandavilli
I’m curious. Sunetra Gupta is not a physician. Jay Bhattacharya is an MD/PhD but does he ever see patients, let alone COVID19 patients? How is this “let the youngsters get disease” plan any different from the antivaxxer pox & measles parties? How’s this ethical?https://twitter.com/apoorva_nyc/status/1318312312609083393 …
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Apoorva MandavilliVerified account @apoorva_nycNEW: The Great Barrington Declaration has received a lot of attention, especially from the Trump administration. How did they gain access? And what exactly do they envision? 1/x https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/health/coronavirus-great-barrington.html …Show this thread3 replies 2 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @kausikdatta22 @apoorva_nyc and
Gupta is an infectious disease epidemiologist and therefore a relevant expert, albeit a fringe expert.
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I get that ad hominem attacks are a staple for social media. But what's so very tragic to me is how even highly trained specialists often use similar approaches as collectively it undermines the whole field in the view of the public. I guess in 2020, it's par for the course.
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I hope you wouldn’t mind my asking, what ‘ad hominem’ did you see & where?
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Mine was a simple statement of fact. Gupta’s opinion in #GreatBarringtonDeclaration is indeed fringe among epidemiologists.
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Replying to @gorskon @kausikdatta22 and
In all fairness, there is a difference between having a fringe opinion and being a "fringe expert".
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“Ye shall know them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16), no?
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