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the true history, not the

artappraiser — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:51:06 +0000

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the true history, not the conspiratorial one--scientists make mistakes when they try to foretell the future:

This is known as an “asymmetric loss function” and it’s also one of the reasons doctors tend to be over-optimistic rather than over-pessimistic in their predictions (at least in certain situations). https://t.co/lK01fFdPBq https://t.co/l7FPs9733P
— Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) February 15, 2021

and then there's Noah Smith:

artappraiser — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 02:01:53 +0000

In reply to the bleak prognosis folks'

and then there's Noah Smith: BIDEN ROCKETSHIP!

Vaccinations up to 1.7M/day for the week! 2M today!

BIDEN ROCKETSHIP!! VACCINATION TO THE MOON!!! pic.twitter.com/qq8FyK4LHv
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) February 13, 2021

Yglesias' optimist view:

artappraiser — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:58:49 +0000

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Yglesias' optimist view:

This is what I wrote in December about how the economic relaunch is going to happen before herd immunity (and before the public health people want it to happen). https://t.co/VU30Kkh4rl pic.twitter.com/73bKNGaQFd
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 13, 2021

the bleak prognosis folks'

artappraiser — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:53:20 +0000

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the bleak prognosis folks' argument well summarized (you don't even have to listen to the podcast because he's such a skilled journalist at distillization):

"They're going to be chasing variants around the globe for the foreseeable future, and have made a death pact for endemic spread—it's never going to go away." says @gregggonsalves, in a great podcast with @jameshamblin and @maevehiggins. (1/x) https://t.co/T9TmlmcAsv
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) February 12, 2021

"We're now in a path where we're going to have these cycles of coronavirus outbreaks as there are gaps in vaccination across the U.S. and across the world, and as new variants emerge that might be less susceptible to vaccines that we put out into the field."
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) February 12, 2021

"We could be lucky. Maybe these variants don't emerge that escape the ability to be neutralized by the antibodies raised by these vaccines, but, you know, we have hundreds of millions of people infected, and while this virus isn't as great a mutation generator as HIV, but..."
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) February 12, 2021

"...the sheer number of infections that are occurring are a recipe for viral variation emerging over the course of the next few months are years..."
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) February 12, 2021

"...and as we put things in its way that are not good enough to stop it in its track, it starts to push it down an evolutionary pathway to resist these half-measures." (x/x)
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) February 12, 2021

of course, one major counter to this is that we make a new flu vaccine every year, we can do that with this, too? Maybe I am wrong? as far as the HIV comparison-and why we have no vaccine for it--that's beyond my pay grade.

Barack Obama: be there or be

artappraiser — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:38:44 +0000

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Barack Obama: be there or be square--

There is a lot of disinformation out there, but here’s the truth: You should get a COVID vaccine as soon as it's available to you. It could save your life—or a loved one’s.https://t.co/jfRr8es6gW
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 9, 2021

New York City authorities

artappraiser — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 03:13:09 +0000

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New York City authorities raided a warehouse that they said held 1.7 million counterfeit N95 masks, marking one of the biggest single seizures of personal protective equipment since the pandemic began https://t.co/F7Jfag1tgj
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 12, 2021

If Biden does nothing else,

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:42:18 +0000

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If Biden does nothing else, today he goes down in history as a president of major world import. YUGE:

BREAKING: "We've now purchased enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all Americans," President Biden says after announcing the purchase of 200M more coronavirus vaccines (100M Moderna, 100M Pfizer).

"We're now on track to have enough supply for 300M Americans by the end of July." pic.twitter.com/lGXtxFtKCP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 11, 2021

shocking actually:

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:48:47 +0000

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shocking actually:

Europe has really, really screwed up with their vaccination programs so far. Moving at a snail's pace, and thousands of people will needlessly die because of it. Via @OurWorldInData. pic.twitter.com/kmUqJREC3m
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) February 11, 2021

She planned to be a

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:51:25 +0000

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She planned to be a pediatrician.
Helen Etuk, raised by a single mom, decided that once she became a doctor, she would take care of children even if their mothers couldn’t pay.
Etuk, 20, didn't get the chance.https://t.co/soozBRDRfB #RIP #COVID19
— David Beard (@dabeard) February 11, 2021

There are literally 30

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:35:45 +0000

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There are literally 30 million N95 masks sitting in Miami factories that the company can't figure out how to sell despite a desperate national shortage. This story is wild. https://t.co/LYV3J97N5T
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) February 11, 2021