scott rosenstein

MA/MPH pandemic prep/global health policy. professor @NYU @bardglobalnyc; former @cfr_org @eurasiagroup @100rescities @rockefellerfdn @yalesph

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

I weighed in on this whole PANDEMIC IS OVER thing.

https://t.co/MmA6o0rFU9

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

I wrote something

https://t.co/rmsoUEPqiA

Looking forward to some overwhelmingly positive feedback here about my life choices, my physical appearance, and my last name.

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

@thehowie @BillAckman What has become of us that someone with no background in this topic can so confidently assert something so profoundly inaccurate. These assertions have been debunked over and over but I guess that doesn’t feel good so…

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

@thehowie @BillAckman Yes. All the time. Constantly.

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

@michaelmina_lab @MartyMakary @US_FDA He continuously misrepresents the cochrane mask study, which feels like he’s arguing in bad faith and clout chasing with a certain community, which has obviously worked well for him. This is unfortunate.

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

@COVIDData3 @dobssi Yeah, mostly for people who aren’t comfortable with complexity and epidemiology. It’s very convenient for ideologues of all stripes.

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

@COVIDData3 @dobssi I agree the country comparison exercise is very limited in utility. I also think characterizing swedens response as exceptional is inaccurate. the entire Sweden discussion is really just an excuse for Covid keyboard warriors 2 push whatever argument they want. It’s great for that

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

@dobssi It was an argument made frequently by Swedes. I’m not Swedish so I can’t personally confirm. https://t.co/6eJMZgyirR

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

@dobssi https://t.co/DBYMy7SjyR

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

@Saul_Sadka Are you familiar with the horseshoe theory?

[scott rosenstein @scottrosenstein]

@cceichhorn1 @RadioFreeTom For Trump supporters it’s bad faith criticism. There may or may not be legitimate criticism around her discursive skills, but that is not what’s going on when Trump supporters level that criticism at her. And it’s a bad idea to respond to bad faith criticism with good faith.

[Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen]

This is the point I don't hear often enough:

Countries that rapidly rolled out widespread testing & contact tracing for covid, didn't have to close down businesses and schools.

Instead of lockdown debates, we should be figuring out how to avoid them w/out massive death.

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

Useful flow from @JenniferNuzzo - who should worry about avian flu H5N1?

[Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 @celinegounder]

.@NEJM paper: H5N1 bird flu virus can survive pasteurization

The more virus there is in milk, the longer/hotter pasteurization needs to be to kill all the virus.

We don't know what % of dairy cows have no/minimal symptoms from bird flu & whose milk is entering the milk supply.

[Abraar Karan @AbraarKaran]

“Ocular inoculation of a clade 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic avian influenza A(#H5N1) virus caused severe and fatal infection in ferrets. Virus was transmitted to ferrets in direct contact. The results highlight the potential capacity of these viruses to cause human disease after either respiratory or ocular exposure”

https://t.co/pNsTwTSaom

[Jason Kindrachuk, PhD @KindrachukJason]

It seems like yet again we have to try and pull back from the two polar extremes and be more balanced in the discussion on H5N1 trends in 2024 while also discussing the shorter-term agricultural and economic implications of wider virus distribution 7/

[Jason Kindrachuk, PhD @KindrachukJason]

I’ve let this sit and ferment internally for the last 24hr or so but we really need to think about the polarization of infectious disease messaging. So far, I’ve seen the two polar opposites: I) H5N1 isn’t real; and II) start stockpiling antivirals 1/

[Rick Bright @RickABright]

An important finding, highlighting the value of genomic sequence data. Bad news for fatal outcome of patient. Reassuring that virus was likely from local poultry outbreak and not from U.S. dairy cow outbreak of #H5N1 & not from a mix w/ human viruses. Imp to find virus source & do human serology tests of all patients contacts.

Appreciate the data transparency by scientists in Mexico.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

A randomized trial for #LongCovid testing Paxlovid (15-days) vs placebo showed no benefit
Just published @JAMAInternalMed
https://t.co/1er0m1pc03

[Katelyn Jetelina @dr_kkjetelina]

It’s like @usda was like: “You know how govt screwed up comms during the pandemic? Let’s do that again.”

Little transparency with a dash of paternalism—keep it simple; public doesn’t need to know.

This is exactly how you lose trust. Unbelievable.