Thread by @tysonfilm, Threading here: the yin & yang of science acceptance and denial...https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1269984395756273666 Guessing [...]

Threading here: the yin & yang of science acceptance and denial... https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1269984395756273666

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1269984395756273666

Guessing Texas won't be alone here. https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1269995211817713666

https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1269995211817713666

https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1268132419779145728

Speaking of other states, a thread. https://twitter.com/cfishman/status/1269781054635868161

https://twitter.com/cfishman/status/1269781054635868161

Yeah. And yet a LOT of people I talk to somehow think what we did was an “overreaction”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/08/shutdowns-prevented-60-million-coronavirus-infections-us-study-finds/

Shutdowns prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the U.S., study finds

Another study estimated that the shutdowns saved about 3.1 million lives in 11 European countries and dropped infection rates by an average of 82 percent. Both reports were published Monday in the...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/08/shutdowns-prevented-60-million-coronavirus-infections-us-study-finds/

New York: listening time science, cases dropping. These states? Well. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/08/14-states-puerto-rico-hit-their-highest-seven-day-average-new-covid-19-infections-since-june/

14 states and Puerto Rico hit highest seven-day average of new coronavirus infections

The past two weeks of anti-police-brutality protests are yet another variable in how the virus is spreading in the United States.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/08/14-states-puerto-rico-hit-their-highest-seven-day-average-new-covid-19-infections-since-june/

When your nation is an island, with very capable/proactive leadership who listens to the best advice of scientists and infectious disease experts. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/new-zealand-coronavirus-level-one-intl-hnk/index.html

With no active Covid-19 cases, New Zealand is lifting almost all its coronavirus restrictions

Almost all coronavirus restrictions in New Zealand will be lifted tomorrow under "Level 1" rules, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced, after the country reported no active cases.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/new-zealand-coronavirus-level-one-intl-hnk/index.html

Contrast w the WHO report that just came out saying that “asymptomatic spread is very rare” and one might see why it’s tough for a layperson to follow the science of a novel virus.

But we don’t have to. Release yourself from the chains of Dunning–Kruger!

https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1270219069887782913?s=21 https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1270219069887782913

https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1270219069887782913?s=21

https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1270323051327086592

Those pictures of packed pools over Memorial Day seem relevant now.

https://twitter.com/jeremyswallace/status/1270393638707757056?s=21 https://twitter.com/JeremySWallace/status/1270393638707757056

https://twitter.com/jeremyswallace/status/1270393638707757056?s=21

Lotta people I know who live outside of NYC refuse to wear masks. The data points say that’s ignorant and irresponsible. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN23G37V#click=https://t.co/hjQTuQYmRS

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: study

Population-wide face mask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics, and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdow...

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN23G37V#click=https://t.co/hjQTuQYmRS

"North Carolina recently broke its record with 780 coronavirus hospitalizations by early Thursday, according to the North Carolina Healthcare Association."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

Coronavirus deaths are expected to go down before a sharp rise in September, model shows

The US surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases as experts predicted Thursday that tens of thousands more people will get infected and die in the months ahead.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

Another of my former states of residence not doing so well... https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1271162560700612608