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 …
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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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Zeynep, with respect, that’s a terrible take. NYC’s catastrophe might have something to do with extreme population density, street life, mass transit—more intense and varied crowd mixing than any other US city. I assure you panic/care began earlier here than most places.
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Taiwan and Seoul are just as dense as NYC and have contained the virus. Preparation matters as does leadership. America was asleep. Media and politicians.
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I suggest it’s a mistake to blame “media and politicians”—or all of “America”—en masse. Choose your targets more specifically. There’s plenty of blame to go around, but some journalists (and some politicians) were on the ball from the outset.
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There were a lot on the ball, indeed but I really liked this piece... "Alarmism" and "disinformation" got conflated. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/why-was-it-so-hard-to-raise-the-alarm-on-coronavirus.html …
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Yes, the David Wallace-Wells piece is first-rate. And de Blasio was a disaster. Overall, though, surely you agree that most of the fatal disregard came from Trump and his ideological followers: Fox News et al. Continuing to this day, of course.
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I absolutely agree! I'm just pointing out that we're blind to our own tribe's failings. I watched (in horror) in February locally as people shared the "what about the flu/don't panic/travel bans don't work" stuff from liberal outlets, and traveled, held conferences etc.
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I guess I resist “our own tribe.” No one I knew or respected was saying ‘what about the flu’ etc. You obviously heard more of that than I did. Anyway I think it’s wrong to say NYC was the center of the bad punditry (“it’s not a coincidence …”).
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I can certainly see it not being prevalent among your circles! I saw a lot of it being disseminated among ordinary people trying to decide on travel or conferences in my relatively highly-educated area.
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