@zeynep In early february this was not yet a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic.
Also, very arguable whether this could be considered *crucial* Information at the time
Why assign so much importance to what a science denier said at a time when the science was far from in?
Hindsight bias!
@zeynep@jamie_love@JamesGleick 5/ I think it is more reasonable to presume that woodward did not release these tapes earlier because he would then be banned from doing further interviews, not because he was waiting for election time.
@zeynep@jamie_love@JamesGleick /4 But also, at this point it was obvious to anyone paying attention that trump was playing it down. What exactly is the key information that Woodward was sitting on that was not already publicly known?
@catpoopburglar@Alagai @carolynsudduth1 @zeynep How exactly was this explosive information in february? That Trump was lying & gaslighting? Old news! No one *knew* that thousands of people would die in the coming months. Sure anyone who paid attention could see the risk, but looking back now, we are cursed with hindsight bias.