I’m going back and forth about this @TheAtlantic piece
It is SO difficult to read
As @jabarocas wrote - it insults & dismisses so many sacrifices made
But it also represents a hard truth of how millions of Americans view & have dealt w COVID
1/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/where-i-live-no-one-cares-about-covid/620958/ …
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@TheAtlantic have published it? It conveys what I consider deadly beliefs. But it’s so representative of the thinking of very many citizens that I also think it’s good for many people to read - to gain understanding of how people are thinking - regardless of the data 2/36 replies 11 retweets 281 likesShow this thread -
So I’m really on the fence. Perhaps it should be published w a warning on top. But that is a very slippery slope of censorship and Reenforcing divisions and information bubbles on both sides 3/
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I’m all for publishing a wide range of views. But I think that piece doesn’t represent much of anything. It certainly doesn’t represent most Americans—even those who oppose some measures. He’s performing “I represent real America”—as a professional act, and not doing it well.
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Give me solid reporting into places where measures are opposed or ignored, where cases have surged and even points of views that are discouraging. Sure! This person is performing “aw, schucks you coastal elites” as part of his professional niche, in the most useless way possible.
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I've read the Atlantic "What Covid?" article twice. The first time I thought it was
@michaelmina_lab interesting as alternative world viewpoint. The second time I found it to be an impeccably impressively disturbing piece of dis/misinformation.1 reply 1 retweet 10 likes -
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I just wrote this identical thing to
@jabarocas - The more I read it the more disturbed I am by it That said - I think it’s important to be uncomfortable reading the real views of ppl. I don’t know how to balance the fact that those real views are based on misinformation though2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes -
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@zeynep, this was my initial response & I’m still feeling it.https://twitter.com/jabarocas/status/1470581260489670660?s=20 …Josh Barocas, MD added,
Josh Barocas, MD @jabarocasAs an ID physician, frontline worker, & public health professional, I think I’ve generally held my sh*t together pretty well over the past two years (not lashing out, being civil) but this garbage@TheAtlantic article undid me (let me explain)-please read https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/where-i-live-no-one-cares-about-covid/620958/ …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
I feel your anger, Josh. But I'm talking about something else, specifically he isn't even representing the people "typical Americans" or "real Americans" as the frame goes. He's a professional writer who is an arch-conservative Catholic, mad at infant-formula. Also vaccinated.
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So it's not even a piece that furthers our understanding of the problem. I wrote more about that in this thread.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1470833332174966793 …
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepProblem 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 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
I agree and that's one of the things that triggered me. The author said "here's my truth...deal with it" without offering solutions, ways to improve, or an invitation for discourse.
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