Greg

Empathy is not finite.

[Brandy Bryant 🏳️‍⚧️ @InkMasterbator]

When I made these stickers almost four years ago I had no idea they'd have this kind of reach. Amazing.

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

Yelling "Fire!" when there isn't one is bad. It will erode trust and can cause complacency when there really is an emergency.

However, telling people there is no fire and encouraging them to enter a burning building is, in my view, much worse.

[whoops @vodkasnowflake]

this is bullshit

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

Imagine being wrong about every one of these.

* It won't be a pandemic.
* It isn't airborne.
* Herd/hybrid immunity is coming.
* Kids don't get sick or transmit.
* It's getting milder.
* Immune escape can't happen.
* Reinfections are very rare.
* Reinfections get milder.

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

"COVID is reaching an endemic stage and we all need to learn to live with it" is false, dangerous, and should be disqualifying for positions in academic leadership.