Kinda fascinating that a virus is the biggest story in 2020for me personally, way ahead of Sanders vs Democratic Party or SpaceX or forest fires or anything else. Something is different about this bug compared to last few, and it isn’t just the online memetic immune response.
-
-
The thing is, even if the institutions and experts are responding poorly, there’s no “populist” alternative on the table. Almost anyone can be President it seems, but very few can do things like analyze viruses or synthesize vaccines.
Show this thread -
Populist options will be limited to cures worse than disease in the short term. In the long-term biohackers might generate local responses from hacker spaces with crispr or whatever. Right now, the vilified experts are the only available line of defense
Show this thread -
Most of you, I’ll bet if you get the symptoms you’ll go see a doctor and accept their protocol. You won’t be calling your friendly neighborhood anti-authority conspiracy theorist for advice.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Attending to mortality can really do a number on your priorities
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
That's fascinating, since the CDC and academic epidemiologists have done a terrible job so far. Sentinel case data for San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and NYC was supposed to be released by the CDC on Friday. Now no known deadline to release.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Fair insights but...we've all seen enough bullshit to sense something is drastically *different* about this one. In ways, other ones felt minimal. The responses of China and others aren't light decisions. They are massive and aggressive. I'm concerned this is just the start.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.