Smart, honest academics can have different views on COVID policies because
1 God did not give us tablets with answers
2 There are trade-offs
3 There is uncertainty, and different scientists handle uncertainty differently
4 Policy is not science
it is science + values
cont..

I want to hear what folks like @carlheneghan think b/c he is a thoughtful person and may illuminate something I do not yet see

I may not agree with all he says, but he may persuade me, as well

Subtweeting him like this is not helpful

Peer review is a porous filter, and Carl has posted many ideas with detailed data worth considering as posts

These types of comments further create policy poles that stiffle communication

https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1310114255480532997?s=20

So much of COVID twitter is trying to get the other side to shut up, so we can just sit there being damn certain we are right.

Let's do better!
We have to discuss and debate ideas, especially now, and especially in the academy https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/27/hear-scientists-different-views-covid-19-dont-attack-them/

30s update: this thread-- A plea to foster measured discussion in the academy led Trisha Greenhalgh to block me.

i'm sad and disappointed to see her respond this way
I worry we are not going to do well if we cannot talk to each other