@DrJBhattacharya It's incredibly soul crushing when your colleagues, friends, and neighbors collapse into mindless tribalism, and demonize you in the process.
Groupthink is traumatic to witness when you're on the outside of it.
“Because the principles of decision making on my body are more important than any title.”
~Novak Djokovic
Good luck to him at the Australian Open. I hope he wins.
39. What might this pandemic and its aftermath have looked like if there had been a more open debate on Twitter and other social media platforms—not to mention the mainstream press—about the origins of Covid, about lockdowns, about the true risks of Covid in kids, and much more?
19. Inevitably, dissident yet legitimate content was labeled as misinformation, and the accounts of doctors and others were suspended both for tweeting opinions and demonstrably true information.
@kristenmag I'm listening to Jennifer Sey's new book and common sense seems to certainly be the defining point of the PH. Especially in the last 5 or so years. (Highly recommend the book-- sooo good!)
@DrJBhattacharya@Stanford Same here. Born in India to a Brazilian mother and British father, moved to the U.S. when I was 5, naturalized 14 years later. My parents have lived in several countries, traveled to over 80, and always say the U.S. is the best country in the world. We are so grateful to be here.
@kristenmag It's interesting that we *must* wear a mask for 10 days if we've tested positive for Covid. Just Covid, though. Not for any other illness that spreads via aerosol particles.
Covid: