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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I spend a not insignificant part of my mental energy trying to understand science that’s far beyond my ability to grok precisely BECAUSE I don’t have 100% faith in the experts to give it to me straight.
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I’d rather get into the weeds about ventilation, but those headlines don’t draw eyes like variants etc. I’m piping up here to ask if your viewpoint on the relative safety of outdoor activity has changed in regards to more transmissible variants. If I may be so bold
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This anecdote has me worried—granted, the time period was long but it still surprised mehttps://twitter.com/armarcus/status/1348801535514472448?s=21 …
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strong agree.
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So true! Communicating “this is what you need to do to stay safe” instead of “this is why you need to do this to stay safe,” makes people more likely to comply. The explanation itself can make people suspicious that the messenger lacks confidence in their own message.
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