Very interesting read and it seems you encapsulated a lot of the conundrum that ensued with SARS-CoV-2 appearance. Admittedly, I did a bit of cherry picking by avoiding those rabbit holes and limited myself to journals like JAMA and NEJM. I was intrigued by the number of quality pre-prints but the infodemic made things slow going.
With you on the mixing of the different vaccines and was disappointed not to get the Novavax this time around.
One more thing, I think the cult following personalities also contributed to the mis/dis information. I am going from the top down, from a former president to celebrity "influencers".
Initially, I subscribed to perhaps 8 or 10 journals, but branched out to more as I considered the severity of the situation. Also, being invited to participate in the nightly clinical discussions gave me insight some others didn’t necessarily have; part of my advantage was prior clinical experience in critical care settings.
DeSantis, in my estimation, made a political decision in 2022. Of course, Atlas was a factor in that, and there’s the possibility Atlas really convinced him that idea had scientific validity. The incumbent Florida governor is a lawyer, not a scientist. And, of course, Atlas is a neuroradiologist, and not an infectious disease doc, but I digress.
Something we saw all too frequently was politicians taking liberties with journal articles and research studies. Worse were the disinformation propagandists who made nearly accurate misrepresentations then provided a complete misrepresentation of the results. Something else that didn’t help was falsified studies purporting to have miraculous results with therapeutics that really showed no benefit. Overall, it was a mess.
Thank you. I used to do pretty well clinically but seemed to lose that ability during the initial pandemic period. I plead there was too much information coming too quickly for me to make sense of it Katelyn did a better job than I did, as I said: She communicated, I passed information/data.
Very interesting read and it seems you encapsulated a lot of the conundrum that ensued with SARS-CoV-2 appearance. Admittedly, I did a bit of cherry picking by avoiding those rabbit holes and limited myself to journals like JAMA and NEJM. I was intrigued by the number of quality pre-prints but the infodemic made things slow going.
I would like to add an interesting note about Florida and the enigma of a governor. In this article, it was noted that he adopted aggressive policies in masking, vaccines and staying at home. Then he went south in 2022. He tried to use (misuse) the Lancet study as justification for current behavior. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-12-13/desantis-boasted-about-covid-study-during-newsom-debate-lead-author-says-hes-wrong
With you on the mixing of the different vaccines and was disappointed not to get the Novavax this time around.
One more thing, I think the cult following personalities also contributed to the mis/dis information. I am going from the top down, from a former president to celebrity "influencers".
Looking forward to more from you!
Initially, I subscribed to perhaps 8 or 10 journals, but branched out to more as I considered the severity of the situation. Also, being invited to participate in the nightly clinical discussions gave me insight some others didn’t necessarily have; part of my advantage was prior clinical experience in critical care settings.
DeSantis, in my estimation, made a political decision in 2022. Of course, Atlas was a factor in that, and there’s the possibility Atlas really convinced him that idea had scientific validity. The incumbent Florida governor is a lawyer, not a scientist. And, of course, Atlas is a neuroradiologist, and not an infectious disease doc, but I digress.
Something we saw all too frequently was politicians taking liberties with journal articles and research studies. Worse were the disinformation propagandists who made nearly accurate misrepresentations then provided a complete misrepresentation of the results. Something else that didn’t help was falsified studies purporting to have miraculous results with therapeutics that really showed no benefit. Overall, it was a mess.
Thank you for your response. I appreciate professionals who can concisely explain complex scientific concepts for lay people.
Thank you. I used to do pretty well clinically but seemed to lose that ability during the initial pandemic period. I plead there was too much information coming too quickly for me to make sense of it Katelyn did a better job than I did, as I said: She communicated, I passed information/data.