I think Dr. Kass has also been vocal about what the government should be doing. This false dichotomy is not helpful. You could equally attack your own tweets singling her out instead of blaming the CDC's lack of messaging! But we're on Twitter and the audience is individuals
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Replying to @drethescientist
I'm not attacking her! I'm pointing out that we have set people up to fail. I'm not even sure she'd disagree with what I'm adding here.
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Replying to @zeynep
I just don't understand this "we" framing. I don't think you or she have set anyone up to fail. But I think there is a subset of the pop who do blame journalists and doctors and will misunderstand the "we" framing of this kind of message. I think it's intended as generosity in -
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Replying to @drethescientist @zeynep
accepting everyone in society's role in societal outcomes, but it may be misleading to many people who don't know better/would like to scapegoat people like you or Dr. Kass or other experts, and of course that's many people in this climate
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Replying to @drethescientist @zeynep
It seems like relevant facts and context are being provided here. How might that be “misleading”? Are you suggesting we suppress context and insight because we assume some might misinterpret it?
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Replying to @flipforchips @zeynep
It's not a fact that "we" as in any of us speaking here have set up anyone to fail. That is false and misleading. I think it's okay to use stylistically when you're addressing society as a whole, but not when you're singling out an individual, because it is actually not true.
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Replying to @drethescientist @flipforchips
I am really, really, not blaming her—why would I?—which I say explicitly in the thread, and also the "we" is very much us as a society.
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Replying to @zeynep @flipforchips
I understand what you meant, again I'm just saying it could be misunderstood, and it seems like Dr. Kass similarly interpreted this as direct criticism so I don't think I'm alone. No need to QT someone doing nothing wrong to make your accurate societal point
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@darakass thread as SO MANY are gathering this way. Had to read this entire thread & cmts to understand it was not criticism so agree it can be easily misinterpreted. IMO it’s an impt case study & conclusion based on our *current* - not the ideal - state.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @feedjess @drethescientist and
I hear lots of ppl justifying getting tested all the time bc they think they’re helping us get to that ideal state (& that it’s a free pass to travel/socialize). The nuance is too complex for the general pop to understand & must be communicated really, REALLY clearly.
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As I say in the thread, I agree with telling people to do the best they can, given the crisis. But it doesn't work at scale because of lack of choices and tools, which is the problem I'm highlighting.
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