If you wanted to know how to pilot a 747, would you turn to a non-expert "influencer?" Of course not! So why do it for public health & #COVID19? Was asked about this recently, giving me chance to write this brief take. Variant on anti-expertise phenomenon.https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/02/03/public-health-expert-says-influencers-should-step-back …
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Replying to @RMCarpiano @DrThomasDickson
I think this is a great point, but it’s a bit disingenuous to classify
@NateSilver538 as an “Influencer.” He a known statistician who has always shared data with his tweets while qualifying limits of his expertise1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @PatrickMaurer @RMCarpiano and
But he had no previous experience in public health. Just because he's a statistician doesn't mean he's a public health expert.
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Replying to @gorskon @RMCarpiano and
Exactly what Matthew said. He has expertise in evaluating data. That’s what his take has been—asking questions based on data (& again qualifying limits of expertise). He’s not a public health expert, but to call him an “influencer” is disingenuous esp w how we view that term
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Yes, but evaluating epidemiological and clinical trial data is a specialized skillset. He's not a biostatistician, epidemiology, or clinical trials statistician.
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