Keith Klugman weighs in. (Dr. Klugman is the "past president of the International Society of Infectious Diseases and a past chair of the International Board of the American Society for Microbiology" among other positions/honors, now at Gates Foundation).https://twitter.com/findingpneumo/status/1339556859473227778 …
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Too often what feels like "expert/science consensus"ish is actually a few Twitter people with lots of followers. (NOT ME lol!) when, in reality, there is a real debate within the scientific community—but then media leans on the high-profile Twitter experts and make it worse.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Keith Klugman
Also, journalists, it's extra effort but please seek people like Dr. Klugman—leading the field, lifetime in public health & vaccines—for expert commentary on complex matters. Twitter has its uses but it favors talent for snark and subtweets over substance.https://twitter.com/findingpneumo/status/1339556859473227778 …
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Not saying everyone on Twitter is like that (of course not) or that journalists should go find people who agree with a particular view. But very often what looks clear or binary to the Twitter-verse is not & that complexity is reflected in the field in way social media does not.
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Two more (pretty senior) scholars (one is a former associate director of NIH) are advocating for modifying vaccine roll-out—they suggest delaying second dose. Less Twitter dunking, more constructive effort to figure out how to test this would be excellent.https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90358 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan
Example of how polarization and Twitter dunking makes everything worse. She doesn't like Blair (fine) but she has no idea about the topic either. But it's fun to dunk on Blair! And why is Blair talking about this? He's a politician. That's what they do.https://twitter.com/DawnHFoster/status/1341724700301549569 …
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One reaction I see is a lot of wagon-circling and how-dare-you indignation. I wouldn't even mind it for some topics if it had a chance of working! It's the 21st century! It has no chance of working! Have to be out there engaging the ideas—if they think it's good/bad/terrible+how.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bob Wachter
Adding to the thread, thoughts from Bob Wachter, chair of the UCSF Dept of Medicine on dosing strategy. (By the way,
@bob_wachter's chronicles and virtual "grand rounds" are an amazing, living history of the pandemic).https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1344667661246992385 …zeynep tufekci added,
Bob WachterVerified account @Bob_WachterTaken together, if we have vaccine doses to distribute in Jan-Apr, it seems increasingly evident that a strategy of getting as many people (particularly high-risk) their first shot ASAP will save far more lives than sticking with the two shot plan. (6/7)Show this thread4 replies 19 retweets 83 likesShow this thread -
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UK government just decided to adopt this approach without any trial, cancelling appointments for second vaccinations due next week and angering many. I don't think - going by their record so far - being highly apprehensive / doubting govt motive is inappropriate here.
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Having a serial liar for a Prime Minister doesn't really foster trust and there are no senior scientists being put up to promote this shift in policy that I've heard. Also, isn't doing this without any trial highly unethical as well as upsetting to people expecting 2nd dose?
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I can't comment on your domestic politics, but I agree we should collect data & get public trust. If we had started our trials in November as soon as the signal from phase III trials emerged, we'd have more clarity by the time the schedule for boosters in ~February rolled around.
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It would be great to have some more clarity / evidence here & we’re in such a crisis that I dearly hope that it’s the right course of action - but our govt botched test & trace then fiddled the numbers so my trust in their motivations / competence is at a low.
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