It's important not just to remember this (the incorrect guidance on masks) but to study and understand it. When I wrote my "masks work" op-ed on March 17 for the New York Times, I honestly thought I was likely ending my career as a public writer. https://twitter.com/Aelkus/status/1261994903007113216 …
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Yes. That's how you get resilience.https://twitter.com/lydiajo/status/1262069338296680454 …
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Yes, the messaging ranged from "they don't work" to "they make things worse." The latter never had any scientific basis but gets repeated to this day.https://twitter.com/Fly_Agaric/status/1262072335315562496 …
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As usual, all of that gets mixed together. To this day, anti-maskers cite the old articles (especially the ones that falsely said masks make things worse), screenshots of CDC guidelines/tweets, WHO... It's embedded in a individualistic/liberty framework.https://twitter.com/TeflonFong/status/1262075578812948481 …
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The public health argument was very hard to get across.https://twitter.com/binneystreetbio/status/1262090664541650946 …
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Recent NYU Law grad here to ask: How do you feel about tenure for Rick Epstein?
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I was so grateful to you for writing that article. I had been wearing a mask back then and I was really annoyed that we were being told not to. You were spot on. Lives were and continue to be lost from bad mask messaging.
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I also agree that closing beaches is coming from hysteria over not understanding how camera lenses distort perspective. Aerial views are the only accurate way to assess whether people are socially distancing or not.
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The sad thing is that even with tenure, so few academics are willing to take independent stands on controversial issues. Sure, they "bravely" tick off the other tribe, but few will risk disagreeing with colleagues or anybody else who could actually affect their career.
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wow you are a true SHERO! so brave and selfless. you can add rodham as your middle name in honor of your work for humanity. if hillary was our queen she would present you with a medal.
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