One problem is the people telling us to just “follow the science” rarely seem to understand the interaction between things science can and has resolved and the unknowns and trade-offs that cannot be resolved by appeals to “The Science.” They’re often using science as a talisman.https://twitter.com/jflier/status/1345417443909500931 …
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To emphasize: I am *completely* on the side of science—the enterprise, the method, the miracle of it all. I am in awe of what scientists have done last year. It was an annus mirabilis for science and annus horribilis for humanity. But "follow the science" has become a talisman.
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It's been an incredible year. Scientific achievements of past year are mind-blowing. I don't think it has completely sunk in, because just like anything we get used to, we're immediately taking the successes for granted. Appreciating that without worshiping its platonic shadow...
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We’re still disinfecting door knobs
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I'm for that. High-touch surfaces remain a risk, and it is very hard to separate aerosol transmission from fomite transmission.
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What are the right masks?
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You were actually a leading voice insisting that home made cloth masks were “good enough”, and insulted people who pointed out that you had no basis for that claim, that people needed good masks, and needed government to make and distribute them. And now you’re laughing.
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it’s very frustrating
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