This is fearmongering hyperbole, and borderline public health malpractice.

As a follow up, a bunch have asked for more context on why this was an irresponsible tweet and how he misinterpreted very preliminary data to make incorrect assertions. There were a few threads going around last night, and this one gets into it:

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And this one from while a lot of us were asleep walks through the issues in grea detail:

https://twitter.com/ferrisjabr/status/1220963553911271424?s=21">https://twitter.com/ferrisjab... https://twitter.com/ferrisjabr/status/1220963553911271424">https://twitter.com/ferrisjab...

Nobody’s saying that this is not a serious public health concern. It absolutely is. That’s why it’s important to contextualize what is coming out in an informed, helpful, and non-hyperbolic way. This is serious.

Anyway, while you are here: get your flu shot to protect yourself and protect people who are unable to get vaccinated.

Wash your hands a lot.