#Epidemiologists

"It has been suggested that epidemiology is a set of methods employed in a variety of professions and disciplines (for example, ...administration, ...environmental health). The proponents of this argument have

Noah may have a read on the general tenor of the conversation, but I personally do not think that the main action is along a tradeoff between “safe more lives

Coercive Covid-19(84) Mask-erade-American Lessons Unlearned From HONEST EPIDEMIOLOGISTS during the 1918 Flu Pandemic Era: Compulsory Mask wearing “did not show any influence on spread of influenza in those cities where

Will Wilkinson 🌐

This is a good piece. But I find myself increasingly hostile to the economist's way of thinking in this context precisely because it refuses to admit trade-offs between incommensurable values.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-02/

Throughout, the Covid-19 Pandemic, we’ve had scientists willing to stand up for scienceI admire and recognize these brave soulsThey are searching for truth despite a scientific narrative which is not

AQ

Epidemiologists are some of the most powerful people on the planet at the moment.The attitude of "how dare you scrutinise them", or "stay in your lane don't question them" -

Governor Mike DeWine

I want to talk about a change in @CDCgov guidance on how we report #Ohio statistics. While we will follow the guidance, we want to make sure we show data

Covid seasonality is an issue that I don't understand well enough to fully form an opinion on. But I will say that in order to have a fully fledged theory

Dear @tunkuv, other journalists,Given that @WhiteHouse is interested in @MartinKulldorff et al.'s #theGreatBarringtonDeclaration, their #misguided approach remains a timely topic. Here's a list of questions you can ask next time:

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Epidemiologists! This oil price thing is our opportunity to be armchair economists! Let’s start assembling hot takes! just fyi i muted this thing hours ago lmao

Steve Baker MP FRSA 🗽

I'm backing eminent infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists with grave concerns about the prevailing COVID19 policies.They recommend Focused Protection.Join me in signing the Great Barrington Declaration, herehtt

So the Swedish approach was influenced by "viral coronavirus conspiracy videos" created by a dude referred to as a "virus truther" by the Bulwark and defended by Laura Ingraham when

🔥 Kareem Carr 🔥

WHAT CAN ARMCHAIR EPIDEMIOLOGY teach us about scientific expertise? Should scientists stay in their lane? Let's discuss ... During the early days of the pandemic, we saw a dramatic

It's crazy to watch people make the argument that the models were wrong and the experts overreacted when the bulk of the evidence we've gotten over the past few weeks

I don't know who needs to hear this, but projections and predictions are not the same thing. I'm starting to think that this whole fomenting frustration about the models being

Here's a thread with some thoughts about the various forms of snark going round Twitter regarding expertise, and its absence, in discussions of COVID-19, epidemiology, economics, and so on, in