In my first video of 2025, @pauloffit.bsky.social and I talk about what went wrong in the COVID pandemic and how we can do better in the next one. https://youtu.be/mwayZVKWm3w?si=gE1xbMd0cS4XddKY
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Valuable conversation about the messaging and how it was confusing. Unfortunately it provided a lot of fodder for the anti-vaccine, anti-science communities.
With Trump in post and the various atrocious selections in positions of power, it's likely that messaging is going to be further manipulated.
I hear you but I disagree. The message I got loud and clear was I didn’t wanna get sick and die. I didn’t want others or the more vulnerable to get sick and die. The mask and social distancing was all we could do. The messaging would not have worked for those who didn’t wanna hear it. Period.
I think I was fortunate to have mostly heard the right things, early on, although e.g I bought in to the droplet route early. I rapidly came to the conclusion that it was nonsense, considering sars1 and mers weren't droplet. You and I were lucky, others heard differently.
This is such a good video to post, thank you. I listened to TWIV all throughout Covid and am familiar with his views. I hope this gets the attention of lots of people here.
Well said. Not one who stops the USPS from sending masks out to the population, lies about testing, gives our equipment to Putin and tells Bob Woodward that COVID is deadly and airborne without telling the public.
The big mistake was CDC talking about effecacy of different types of masks in protecting oneself from virus when the intent of mask mandated was to protect others
High quality masks like KN95/N95 worn properly help the wearer as well. CDC also should promote N95s in healthcare settings instead of baggy surgical that are far less effective in both directions. The sheer fact the we don’t still have mandates at all in healthcare is idiotic.
Surgical are def not good enough with an airborne virus and that’s the thing, they knew it was airborne but lied/minimized then gave into anti-mask pressure. The N95 shortage at the start is a whole other story but the fact is they blew it in way bigger ways & just got worse over the next 5 yrs
Sorry, but none of the lessons we learned from Covid are going to help when our science and health institutions are dismantled by the tangerine tyrant. It's already begun, but it will get worse.
Call your legislators. We need support for NIH, FDA, and state health agencies.
This is a great informative pod cast. Debunking misinformation is important especially in health and politics. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
So much use of past tense tho. Covid is still here. Thousands getting long covid every day still. Hundreds still dying each week. How we talk about it matters, it’s not over.
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https://www.kqed.org/stateofhealth/39317/boy-leukemia-patient-weighs-in-as-vote-on-vaccine-bill-nears
With Trump in post and the various atrocious selections in positions of power, it's likely that messaging is going to be further manipulated.
Call your legislators. We need support for NIH, FDA, and state health agencies.