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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Future generations: “Wait what? They got vaccines with 95% efficacy for *any* disease and then spent the initial month of the rollout writing many articles about how it won’t change anything in the short term (rather than that point being a tiny footnote?).” Yes, yes, we did.
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And then there was social media drama, unworthy of middle school in its stupidity and viciousness, when people tried to highlight the positives, and tons of people who knew better wouldn’t speak out because.. they’re afraid of drama? Yes, yes.
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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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Replying to @zeynep
Perhaps remind them that you *are* in your lane (clear communication of important points), and that maybe they should recall that they lack your training and skill and should stay in their lane?
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I think it's best to try to listen to people as much as one can, though it is time-consuming.
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