Yep. Lack of reflection among media and pundits that made all this so much worse is mindblowing. All of February, I watched people locally use those “what about the flu/travel bans don’t work/don’t overreact” articles to decide go on trips and conferences.https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1242647591990562816 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈
Judging by the way everyone’s already ignoring how wrong and dangerously misleading so many liberal/traditional pundits/papers were up until early March, I say they will do fine. Every tribe is blind to themselves.https://twitter.com/amy_siskind/status/1242801225449562112 …
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Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈Verified account @Amy_SiskindThere are a lot of people whose reputations will never recover from this era. “Fox's Brit Hume says it’s an “entirely reasonable viewpoint” to expect that grandparents would be willing to die to protect the economy.” https://www.mediamatters.org/brit-hume/foxs-brit-hume-says-its-entirely-reasonable-viewpoint-expect-grandparents-would-be …6 replies 32 retweets 232 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted 🦎 Curious Reptile 🦎
And even that was not a great question. Look, some of the people I'm criticizing here include my friends and circles. They're human, the mistakes are human but the problem is the things are set-up. Can't fix that without admitting failure.https://twitter.com/livebeef/status/1242853462209150977 …
zeynep tufekci added,
🦎 Curious Reptile 🦎 @livebeefReplying to @zeynepI've not seen a single reporter or outlet admit fault. No humility. In some cases historical revisionism by claiming this was primarily Trump's fault. Which, while it was substantively his fault, it was also substantively the traditional media's fault at a pivotal time.4 replies 20 retweets 124 likesShow this thread -
I don't agree with everything in this piece, but it's good. I was alarmed in January and switched in February to try to warn people and get pundits to stop writing "what about the flu" and "don't panic" pieces and got lectured and/or failed. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/why-was-it-so-hard-to-raise-the-alarm-on-coronavirus.html …pic.twitter.com/Tixr5TTzHo
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Look at the catastrophe unfolding in NYC. It will soon be perhaps the worst hit place globally, and it's not a coincidence that it's the center of exactly that kind of "what about the flu/don't panic" pundit-world/media. Yes it's hard to hear but this is not just a Trump failure.pic.twitter.com/5AJWK7evn4
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The chart is very misleading. Going from 2 to 4 is doubling, 4 to 7 isn't. Still an increase percentage wise. As the numbers get larger this method will appear to show things are getting better, even when they really aren't (ie more ppl everyday)
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There is a great thread somewhere why the log chart is appropriate here by the creator, and I agree so will see if I can find it.
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Replying to @zeynep
That would be great -- it's super important to quantify the threat and do it accurately.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted John Burn-Murdoch
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John Burn-MurdochVerified account @jburnmurdochI’m no epidemiologist, but I am a#dataviz specialist, so here are some thoughts on coronavirus and log scales: 1) In the initial outbreak phase, a virus like this spreads exponentially not arithmetically, i.e a log scale is the natural way to track the spread https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1237737352879112194 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes -
There are trade-offs but I'm convinced by the argument in the thread, though officials should look at all versions. After the 2016 journalists/public can't distinguish odds ratios from polls/probabilities as percentages fiasco, I'm really attuned to this issue.
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