Please note: By recklessly publishing low-quality information about the #2019nCov outbreak, @DrEricDing has risen from a handful of twitter followers to over 75,000 in a matter of days.

He claims to be a Harvard epidemiologist, and on paper that's true. He's a visiting scientist, not a regular Harvard faculty member. He's a nutritionist, not an infectious disease epidemiologist.

He's fanned the flames of numerous #2019nCOV conspiracies. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/01/china-coronavirus-twitter/605644/

Recently, he pretends to urge caution and warn against promoting conspiracies—but he continues to share terribly irresponsible information, and is hiding the replies of those who object.

Please do not promote his timeline or take his posts as those of a legitimate authority.