If they are afraid of off-campus parties... This isn't the way to deal with it. They can't lock students in their rooms the whole semester. They'll just get more secrecy. Exercise and outdoors is an essential component of health. I don't even know what else they may be thinking.
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Here's my article from April, 7, 2020 railing against the widespread park closures as ineffective and counterproductive pandemic theater, explaining that outdoors is obviously safer, and that baseless and overly-strict policies would *reduce* compliance. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/closing-parks-ineffective-pandemic-theater/609580/ …pic.twitter.com/tLyXP77jS0
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I'll add this. My plea again to communicate the science *with* the nuance and uncertainty to empower people to be safer rather than trying to optimize message for behavior: without exaggeration, without undue hope or fear or certainty, but with the nuance.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1359328328264658949 …
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Look, this will just drive the students 100% underground for the rest of the semester once they are let loose. WE NEED THEIR COOPERATION. If there is cluster, we need them to tell us where they went. We have to convince them—and convince them to trust us. https://twitter.com/k_huff1/status/1359502281901821958 …
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*University of California at Berkeley.
Sorry! Now I have people lecturing me about B1.117. Adding my December article about it. I wrote that one because I was concerned we weren't correctly warning people (too much reassurance about "not more deadly"). https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/12/virus-mutation-catastrophe/617531/ …pic.twitter.com/krW6aGBsb5
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It *is* possible to say all this together: this is a grim moment; we need to be *more strict* now; but we should properly *target* that strict (including better masks for high-risk people if indoors with others) and empower people; *and* the vaccine news & the future looks good.
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The politician's (or university administrator's) syllogism: Something must be done. This is something. Therefore, this must be done.
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I don't understand why CA is squandering it strongest tool in fighting covid. It is so dumb.
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Who are they consulting with to make these absurd policies? They don’t make any sense. And I’m speaking as someone who’s trying to take this pandemic seriously.
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