10/18 He also cites inaccurate information w a credible source. He cites @PaulSaxMD in @NEJM saying he’s unaware of any vaccine that prevents disease but not infection. I know 4 off the top of my head & ANYONE who’s reported on vaccines knows the most obvious: pertussis.
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Also, if we’re focusing on role of outsiders & public health, I may use this as an example to write about the groupthink so common in health journalism throughout the pandemic—most prominent being the many baseless antimasking articles— and response to criticism by wagoncircling.
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No, you have it backwards. I agree the vaccine is being undersold in terms of conveying how much it reduces serious disease. But what Leonhardt advocates and the way he says it is dangerous and harmful to pubIic health. I struggle to understand your animosity toward expertise.
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It's not "wagon circling" to point out an article's flaws from a position of expertise, which is what Tara is doing. She has years of experience covering vaccines and hesitancy. It's also not "groupthink" when multiple experts have the same opinion. It's consensus.
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Is it remotely conceivable that the people who disagree with you might be right or have any valid points? Or is it written in stone that you're right and the "wagon circlers" are wrong?
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I ask because it's difficult to think of an instance in which you haven't been absolutely certain you were right and immunologists/virologists/epidemiologists were wrong and some might view that as a red flag as to the soundness of your arguments.
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