Problem with that Atlantic piece many are mad about is not that the author represents views of Americans who oppose public health measures or are ignoring COVID—it's that it *does not*. It's a typical finely-tuned *professional* performance of "I'm real America". Uninformative.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1470820825586614273 …
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Yes, but that piece isn't shedding light on that important topic, it's just generating heat for Twitter. There's definitely room for actual, sharp reporting on this, and even pieces critical of what people may perceive as overly restrictive measures.https://twitter.com/MrSeanRoper/status/1470835670352633858 …
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It's just one piece! Nobody can publish widely without some misses. And I think we're mad at it for the wrong reason. Also, I mean,
@KatherineJWu and@edyong209, among many other talented writers, are producing great steady work on the pandemic there.https://twitter.com/kosturdistan/status/1470837980650745864 …Show this thread -
Yeah, he's just taking digs at "enemies" from his very, very tiny and unrepresentative corner of the world. "Real" Americans aren't busy being mad about infant formula like he is—new moms must go back to work in just six weeks, and often need dual incomes.https://twitter.com/hottakeponzi/status/1470841182435434496 …
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Seems like a good addition to this thread.https://twitter.com/CharlesCMann/status/1471171401474351106 …
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My v. anecdotal impression is that folks who've had no choice but to work in person (grocery store workers, blue collar, medical) are feeling tapped out & figure they've done all they could & may be exposed anyway, so are more inclined to live 'normally,' & have been all year.
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Medical people are not ignoring it, unless they were nutty anti-vaxxers to begin with. My friends who are medical professionals are thoroughly sick of those who are ignoring it though.
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Given that one has to do 
or at least be a good sport to complete that assignment out of sheer necessity, he failed. Bigly.
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And any “I’m just telling you the perspective from here” benefit of the doubt went out the window when he started arguing with real local doctors in his mentions about why his area’s hospitals are completely overwhelmed right now.
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