Good coverage of the latest messaging disaster, in a year with many. We are dramatically underselling the amazing vaccines, exaggrating the uncertainties and people trying to emphasize the good news are being drowned out, or worse.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/briefing/donald-trump-pardon-phil-spector-coronavirus-deaths.html …
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Everytime I make these basic points, I get many people with the right credentials telling me to shut up and stay in my lane *and* tons of people also with right credentials quietly messaging me that of course this is true, but the drama... Well folks, speak up. It’s a pandemic.
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A day later, the responses to this (really overdue, since this has been a problem since December) article have ranged from some smarter, thoughtful folks thinking, oh, wait, let’s adjust messaging to “how dare an outsider write this! This is undermining public health!” Really.
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I’m not sure how this isn’t more obvious, but wagon-circling leads to groupthink (as we saw with many public health/expert folks and masks early on) and pointing out failings is NOT what leads to loss of confidence in experts, it’s the opposite. It’s the wagon circling.
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Being wrong is okay, even if it is due to groupthink. Groupthink is common among expert communities, to be honest. Constant danger to all. Being tired is human and understandable. (We all are). Adjusting messaging is excellent. Wagon-circling? No, no, no. That’s how things fail.
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I think it's even flattering to imagine that future generations will give a shit about social media or any of these complaints. Do we spend a lot of time thinking about resistance to the emergence of modern medicine?
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Doesn't that hugely depend on the person?
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How long until we accurately know if the vaccines stop transmission?
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That is so spot on. My mental health is pretty robust but I actually cried at this latest 'nothing is going back to any kind of normal no matter how many people are vaccinated' messaging.
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I feel the same. So discouraging isn’t it. But it will get better. It must.
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Middle school - spot on!!! And we all know what you’re talking about...
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