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What's so tragic is that this was entirely predictable, and we didn't manage to stop it from happening. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/24/coronavirus-rural-america-outbreaks/?arc404=true
People are remarking on my choice of the word "we".
I'm an epidemiologist. As such, it's my job to prevent things like this from happening. It was entirely avoidable; just look at Vietnam or South Korea or New Zealand or Mongolia. But it happened nonetheless.
I'm an epidemiologist. As such, it's my job to prevent things like this from happening. It was entirely avoidable; just look at Vietnam or South Korea or New Zealand or Mongolia. But it happened nonetheless.
It wasn't for lack of knowing what to do. We *knew* what to do.
But what I failed to anticipate was the degree of political polarization that would emerge around very existence and severity of the disease, and all of the problems that this would create.
It's heartbreaking.
But what I failed to anticipate was the degree of political polarization that would emerge around very existence and severity of the disease, and all of the problems that this would create.
It's heartbreaking.
