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He just systematically over-states the risk of absolutely everything despite knowing nearly nothing about viruses. Other great Feigl-Ding takes: - If China doe

He just systematically over-states the risk of absolutely everything despite knowing nearly nothing about viruses. Other great Feigl-Ding takes: - If China doesn't control Omicron they'll suffer a "world of hurt" and it's "literally make or break". - "Danish political leaders have completely lost their frigging minds releasing all #COVID19 mitigations" and "this is what happens when a country's leaders gaslights its own citizens", talking about the end of restrictions at the start of 2022. - "New world record — More than 1,000 daily #monkeypox cases (7 days average). Those who said #MPXV would fizzle out soon are plain wrong. This fall school year will need radically new / more safety mitigations." - "In other news – Schools across England are reopening again today. No school mask requirements. No school air quality and ventilation guidelines – it is so dangerous that it is ‘medieval’ says Professor Alice Roberts. God save and its children from B117. COVID19." The guy is a Harvard epidemiologist, which means he knows nothing about disease and will constantly exaggerate any possible threat regardless of science or truth.

alwillis 4y ago
> The guy is a Harvard epidemiologist, which means he knows nothing about disease and will constantly exaggerate any possible threat regardless of science or truth. This seems totally uncalled for. Besides having a degree in Public Health, among others, he’s a cancer survivor. I’d say he knows a lot about diseases. Like it or not, to say his warning about Covid-19 three years ago was prescient is an understatement. Based on his bio, he seems more than credible: Dr. Feigl-Ding graduated from The Johns Hopkins University with Honors in Public Health and Phi Beta Kappa. He then completed his dual doctorate in epidemiology and his doctorate in nutrition, separately, as the youngest graduate to complete his double doctoral programs at age 23 from Harvard SPH. Next, concurrently with his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard, he studied medicine at Boston University School of Medicine for several years, until he left BUSM to become faculty at Harvard Medical School. Teaching at Harvard for over 15 years, he has advised and mentored two dozen students and lectured in more than a dozen graduate and undergraduate courses, for which he received the Derek Bok Distinction in Teaching Award from Harvard College.
- fidgewidge 4y ago
  > This seems totally uncalled for. After 2020? Totally called for. Default assumption should now be that public health "experts" are worse at understanding disease than laymen. Their predictions and recommendations were just so systematically atrocious and exaggerated. > he’s a cancer survivor. I’d say he knows a lot about diseases. That's a non sequitur if there ever was one. Having had cancer grants no expertise in understanding the macro behavior of respiratory viruses. > Based on his bio, he seems more than credible Credibility comes from accurate predictions that other people could not have made, not empty credentialism.

alwillis 4y ago

> The guy is a Harvard epidemiologist, which means he knows nothing about disease and will constantly exaggerate any possible threat regardless of science or truth. This seems totally uncalled for. Besides having a degree in Public Health, among others, he’s a cancer survivor. I’d say he knows a lot about diseases. Like it or not, to say his warning about Covid-19 three years ago was prescient is an understatement. Based on his bio, he seems more than credible: Dr. Feigl-Ding graduated from The Johns Hopkins University with Honors in Public Health and Phi Beta Kappa. He then completed his dual doctorate in epidemiology and his doctorate in nutrition, separately, as the youngest graduate to complete his double doctoral programs at age 23 from Harvard SPH. Next, concurrently with his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard, he studied medicine at Boston University School of Medicine for several years, until he left BUSM to become faculty at Harvard Medical School. Teaching at Harvard for over 15 years, he has advised and mentored two dozen students and lectured in more than a dozen graduate and undergraduate courses, for which he received the Derek Bok Distinction in Teaching Award from Harvard College.

fidgewidge 4y ago
> This seems totally uncalled for. After 2020? Totally called for. Default assumption should now be that public health "experts" are worse at understanding disease than laymen. Their predictions and recommendations were just so systematically atrocious and exaggerated. > he’s a cancer survivor. I’d say he knows a lot about diseases. That's a non sequitur if there ever was one. Having had cancer grants no expertise in understanding the macro behavior of respiratory viruses. > Based on his bio, he seems more than credible Credibility comes from accurate predictions that other people could not have made, not empty credentialism.