Here is a primer on everything wrong with faux covid expert/grifter Eric Ding; from those who would know best: actual infectious disease epidemiologists. Navigating a pandemic when you have high risk people in your care is hard enough w/out some unethical jackass terrorizing you
One panic attack at 2:AM in January was enough for me. I’d like to spare any burnt-out caregivers from going through the same. You deserve conscientious experts who understand that scientific knowledge is not anything to fake & people’s vulnerabilities are not to be preyed upon.
Example #1 of kick ass scientist who actually knows what she’s talking about and does not take the responsibility lightly: https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1250240307037233153">https://twitter.com/angie_ras...
Example # 2 https://twitter.com/IsabelOtt/status/1223342006899888128">https://twitter.com/IsabelOtt...
Example # 3 (Marc Lipsitch via Adam Townsend) https://twitter.com/adamscrabble/status/1290828857973645314">https://twitter.com/adamscrab...
Example #4 https://twitter.com/SaskiaPopescu/status/1310063039270522882">https://twitter.com/SaskiaPop...
And I spelt Dr. Marc Lipsitch’s name wrong because I haven’t slept since 2015. Here’s his profile! @mlipsitch
Here is the Director of the Centre For Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard, Dr. Marc Lipsitch, in February 2020 on the opportunistic grift and compromised professional ethics of Eric Ding.
If you care about your health, the health of your of loved ones, your community, your country, the world; vet your health and science experts carefully. There are great science writers on twitter, as well as reputable epidemiologists. @HelenBranswell is a great example. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧬" title="DNA" aria-label="Emoji: DNA">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="šŸ‘©ā€šŸ”¬" title="Woman scientist" aria-label="Emoji: Woman scientist">
And here’s some more great journalists reporting on health, conveniently compiled by @bijans - thank you! https://twitter.com/bijans/status/1309288395236139013">https://twitter.com/bijans/st...
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