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Here is someone who should certainly know what they're talking about: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, March 29, 2021: "[O]ur data from the CDC today sugge

by miles 4y ago

Here is someone who should certainly know what they're talking about: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, March 29, 2021: "[O]ur data from the CDC today suggests, um, you know, that vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don't get sick, and that it's not just in the clinical trials but it's also in real world data." Video: https://tinyapps.org/screenshots/20220104-walensky.mp4 https://tinyapps.org/screenshots/20220104-walensky.mp4

superkuh 4y ago
Which papers did the CDC rep cite in her speech?
- miles 4y ago
  > Which papers did the CDC rep cite in her speech? Dr. Walensky is much more than a CDC "rep"; she is[1] "an American physician-scientist who is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Prior to her appointment at the CDC, she was the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Walensky is an expert on HIV/AIDS." So Americans are supposed to not trust the imminently qualified head of the CDC unless she cites specific papers, which they should then go and read to "do their own research" and second guess her? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle_Walensky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle_Walensky
  - superkuh 4y ago
    >So Americans are supposed to not trust the imminently qualified head of the CDC Unfortunately, yes, name and status does not mean anything. Papers and replicable findings matter. Press conferences held by media figures don't. Arguments from authority require the authority figure to be talking in a non-laymen context. Video press conferences are for people that don't know science and, frankly, they're very dumbed down.