[Bhattacharya] “may have agreed with the Chief Justice's comment that his views were not supported by most of the scientific and medical community at the time of the Manitoba hearing.” lol 2/x
COVID contrarians want live “debate” because cross examination in court doesn’t go well for them. 1/x
The new President of Stanford promised to protect academic freedom. I wrote about how he has broken that promise by giving opening remarks at a conference featuring speakers who led attacks on researchers at Stanford, particularly the Stanford Internet Observatory. stanforddaily.com/2024/10/03/f...
By standing with tenured faculty and powerful political operatives against contingent researchers and trainees at Stanford, President Jonathan Levin has already betrayed academic freedom, writes Mallo...
In this example from 2021, one approach of the irrelevant DEFUSE proposal is described as a plan to release “coronavirus particles” into bat caves. Normally a virus particle means the whole virus. The proposal: spike proteins and an immune modulator. Sounds more like a vaccine. 2/x
I’ve messed this up! Feels bad!
Yess I won bingo
Anti-intellectualism and the mass public’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic The generalized distrust of experts and intellectuals is an important concept in explaining the public’s engagement with advice from scientists and experts. link.springer.com/ar... 1/2
Nature Human Behaviour - Merkley and Loewen find that anti-intellectualism (distrust in experts and intellectuals) is linked to COVID-19 (mis)perceptions, compliance with public health directives...
