Threading here: the yin & yang of science acceptance and denial... https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1269984395756273666
Guessing Texas won't be alone here. https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1269995211817713666
Speaking of other states, a thread. 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/
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/
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
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
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
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 https://twitter.com/JeremySWallace/status/1270393638707757056
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
"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

Another of my former states of residence not doing so well... https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1271162560700612608
Related anecdotal tweet.
https://twitter.com/dansinker/status/1271217385538756611?s=21 https://twitter.com/dansinker/status/1271217385538756611
https://twitter.com/dansinker/status/1271217385538756611?s=21 https://twitter.com/dansinker/status/1271217385538756611

https://twitter.com/jamessurowiecki/status/1271176729512546305?s=21 https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1271176729512546305
No.
https://twitter.com/evgrieve/status/1271601468051767296?s=21 https://twitter.com/evgrieve/status/1271601468051767296
https://twitter.com/evgrieve/status/1271601468051767296?s=21 https://twitter.com/evgrieve/status/1271601468051767296
Putting this thread here for reference. Not sure it’s time to draw huge conclusions from this data just yet, but wow.
https://twitter.com/busbyj2/status/1273683231108464643?s=21 https://twitter.com/busbyj2/status/1273683231108464643
https://twitter.com/busbyj2/status/1273683231108464643?s=21 https://twitter.com/busbyj2/status/1273683231108464643