Incredibly damaging attacks on scientific matters. I’ll be honest. It’s disheartening to see from a fellow academic and leads experts to consider simply disengaging from public outreach at all.
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If that’s not your intent, fine, I accept that. But consider perhaps the way you frame your criticisms and their impact on the targets and whether we’ll be better off if scientists withdraw from science communication.
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Replying to @stgoldst @tarahaelle and
In this thread, I've responded to a claim that the NYT article (which I did not write) about the evolution of messaging was irresponsible and harmful. I completely disagree on that, and again, if deferring to expertise, this is very much a field where *I'm* the expert.
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Did you write this suggesting scientists are being dishonest and empowering charlatans or not?pic.twitter.com/4TlQLp7AAi
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If you read this quote in the context of the op-ed from which it was taken, it was not necessarily directed at scientists, but at the conflicting messaging at the outset of this whole thing. At this point Pence had been in charge of all coronavirus messaging for nearly a month.
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Well if it’s presented in a misleading context that’s unfortunate but in combination with at least one provably false statement about vaccines would seem to cut against this being a beneficial article!
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Look, this is a common response I get. I've been seeing this since December. People are being led to believe that we already know they do NOT reduce transmission. And this has become an antivaxxer talking point (why bother, it was bait and switch etc)pic.twitter.com/USp8rNZaMF
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Somehow intentions to get vaccinated have gone up since the vaccines were authorized is my understanding?
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As I said (politely repeating myself) I don’t doubt there’s been some misfiring but I see a lot of messaging of exactly the sort you’re saying we should do but claim is absent. And intended vaccine uptake is rising.
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I don’t see a lot of evidence (that tweet aside) that the crisis you’re alleging actually exists although I do think you’re working towards willing it into being. Amplifying the worst elements of messaging rather than the best etc
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Hank Green
If I thought it was one tweet or, say, rare, yep, I wouldn't bother and you'd be right. It kept getting worse! And noticing how such dynamics work in the public sphere is exactly what I do know and worry about. I'm hardly the only one to notice.https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1341165998674567169 …
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As I said, I take your points and will reflect on how I frame vaccine messaging. I regret that you’re not interested in the impact your framing has on people in other fields trying to help the public understand the vaccines, and the pandemic overall.
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We can all probably do better, but not all of us want to.
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