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> I spent 2020 watching people with PHDs in medical fields tying themselves in knots to avoid being censored by YouTube - and saying things that turned out to b

> I spent 2020 watching people with PHDs in medical fields tying themselves in knots to avoid being censored by YouTube - and saying things that turned out to be true Which sorts of things did they want to say?

colejohnson66 5y ago
Probably anything related to COVID. My understanding is that early on, YouTube was majorly aggressive on COVID misinformation to the point of harming creators.
roenxi 5y ago
My favourite was back in February or March when the official guidance was "no masks" and the consensus was "that probably isn't right". Plus I'd like to be getting uncensored reporting on this vaccine blood clotting issue that the AstraZenica vaccine has. I didn't hear anything until it went from "vaccines are perfectly safe" to suspended [2] in multiple countries for safety concerns. Honest discussion about the vaccine side effects and safety reporting systems are exactly the sort of thing YouTube would censor, so they won't talk about it freely. Also from memory and a Google search [0, 1] to confirm, some countries like India still suggest Hydroxycloroquine. I'd like to hear some small time experts discussing why that is vs how much of the negative response was because Trump used the word in a sentence. The fact check in particular is silent on why the recommendation is there. If I can't listen to PHDs, why should I be listening to news pundits on this stuff? [0] https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/RevisedguidelinesforHomeIsolationofmildasymptomaticCOVID19cases.pdf https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/RevisedguidelinesforHomeIsolati... [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/05/21/fact-check-india-covid-19-cases-hydroxychloroquine-not-related/5173021001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/05/21/fac... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford-AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine#Suspensions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford-AstraZeneca_COVID-19_va...

colejohnson66 5y ago

Probably anything related to COVID. My understanding is that early on, YouTube was majorly aggressive on COVID misinformation to the point of harming creators.

roenxi 5y ago

My favourite was back in February or March when the official guidance was "no masks" and the consensus was "that probably isn't right". Plus I'd like to be getting uncensored reporting on this vaccine blood clotting issue that the AstraZenica vaccine has. I didn't hear anything until it went from "vaccines are perfectly safe" to suspended [2] in multiple countries for safety concerns. Honest discussion about the vaccine side effects and safety reporting systems are exactly the sort of thing YouTube would censor, so they won't talk about it freely. Also from memory and a Google search [0, 1] to confirm, some countries like India still suggest Hydroxycloroquine. I'd like to hear some small time experts discussing why that is vs how much of the negative response was because Trump used the word in a sentence. The fact check in particular is silent on why the recommendation is there. If I can't listen to PHDs, why should I be listening to news pundits on this stuff? [0] https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/RevisedguidelinesforHomeIsolationofmildasymptomaticCOVID19cases.pdf https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/RevisedguidelinesforHomeIsolati... [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/05/21/fact-check-india-covid-19-cases-hydroxychloroquine-not-related/5173021001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/05/21/fac... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford-AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine#Suspensions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford-AstraZeneca_COVID-19_va...