Feel weird sharing a twitter post, but this guy has credentials. Fucking hate the CDC.

Sorry I've been posting a lot about covid lately, I'm immunocompromised and people ignoring covid has been driving me insane.

EDIT: here's a new source confirming this https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-variant-bq-1-omicron-cdc-estimates/

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Wow. Very clever to repeat yourself over and over and over again. You seem to have entirely missed the point. But I'll only l remind you of it again once....

    His tweets during the pandemic have also at times been criticized by other scientists as alarmist, misleading, or inaccurate.

    Note the "at times". And I do not have some kind of highly parasocial relationship to Eric Feigl-Ding. In fact - I have no parasocial relationship with him at all. He's a garbage tweeter who shares sensationalism. But that's not usual for social media. There are is no shortage of hustlers on the net just like him who are building their brands. I dislike him because he's tweeting covid sensationalism for his own benefit during a pandemic of a deadly disease. Fine, I'll admit to disliking him. Call it a "win" if you want.

    At a future date (next week, maybe?) - if you insist on linking to Feigl-Ding again - we will do this dance again. We will do this every time - if it's what you want. Over and over. It's not what I want. I'm not looking for some sort of showdown. I just don't want sensationalist covid (or medical) crap at Hexbear.

    Linking to sensationalistic medical info is bad. Sorry, but that's always going to be true.

    • macabrett
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Why are you like this lmao

        • macabrett
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          but it wasn't, it was real

          • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            Sorry. You are wrong. It was 100% sensationalistic.

            sensationalism <noun> 1 (especially in journalism) the use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement.