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I'm not an epidemiologist, and while I do not like to use argument from authority, I trust this guys because is their work, they do it in top institutions and t
by DrJaws 7y ago
I'm not an epidemiologist, and while I do not like to use argument from authority, I trust this guys because is their work, they do it in top institutions and they won't jeopardize their reputation for some fear-mongering tweets.
They can be wrong, but they are not going to lie.
- ImaCake 7y agoI know a guy who went to work as a post-doc at Harvard. He left behind experimental samples of human blood that were unlabelled, which I had to inform his former supervisor about. He also had a number of other professional failings. The takeaway is that just because someone has "Harvard" on their resume doesn't mean they are even remotely competent.
- DrJaws 7y agoAnd I completely agree, that's why I said I don't like to use arguments of authority, but two of them are not educated in harvard, they are heads of departments and directors from harvard and john hopkins People educated in those fields with enough renown to claim those positions with a lot to lose for just writing that. And yes, while they can end being just wrong or spreading fearmongering information, they are the most trusted sources I found
- Fomite 7y agoI am an epidemiologist, and Marc Lipsitch knows his business.
- DrJaws 7y agowould you change or add anything to what I wrote from what I understood about the covid situation?
- Fomite 7y agoBesides my usual request not to follow Eric Feigl-Ding as an authoritative source? Not really? This is the currently understood state of the science. I would say though that right now several things have broken the "wrong" way in terms of optimistic projections, so it's still possible for the situation to improve.