We are seeing, in the coverage of all the new COVID variants, just how poorly we have educated journalists, the public and most scientists, about random genetic drift.
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In a properly functioning public health system, people shouldn’t have to know too much about genetic drift, even in a pandemic. And getting that much into the weeds, while possible, isn’t that useful. People tend to get confused or scared, rather than informed.
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And there’s so much fear right now - especially in times when vaccine is constrained - so even those of us who have to wait are even more unsure what the future looks like. And there’s little nuance in messaging especially about complex systems like the immune response.
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