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In the second essay @mlipsitch makes a full throated defense of there is good science vs. everything else.
PS there is a lot of everything else online these days http://bostonreview.net/science-nature/marc-lipsitch-good-science-good-science
PS there is a lot of everything else online these days http://bostonreview.net/science-nature/marc-lipsitch-good-science-good-science
And in the third essay, John Ioannidis argues that folks with his background do legitimately think differently about COVID19 https://bostonreview.net/science-nature/john-p-ioannidis-totality-evidence
Fascinating series of essays
I think we have to remember that Policy decisions are influenced by science, informed by science, but they are not science. They are a social decision.
I think we have to remember that Policy decisions are influenced by science, informed by science, but they are not science. They are a social decision.
@jflier and I have been hopeful in a series of op-eds in @statnews
That we should include interdisciplinary scholars in these discussions and that we should think broadly about the effects of our actions
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/27/hear-scientists-different-views-covid-19-dont-attack-them/
and https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/14/underderstanding-covid-19-supernova-human-history-multiple-perspectives/
That we should include interdisciplinary scholars in these discussions and that we should think broadly about the effects of our actions
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/27/hear-scientists-different-views-covid-19-dont-attack-them/
and https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/14/underderstanding-covid-19-supernova-human-history-multiple-perspectives/
I think it is important to read all these essays
There is much more at stake here than whether the IFR is 0.2 or 0.6; going from there to what we must do at any point in time is not a straight line, is bound to be contentious, and may not have a 'right' answer; only tradeoffs
There is much more at stake here than whether the IFR is 0.2 or 0.6; going from there to what we must do at any point in time is not a straight line, is bound to be contentious, and may not have a 'right' answer; only tradeoffs
