One of my friends is an epidemiologist. She does infectious disease stuff. She’s not too concerned about it, and I trust her expertise over media sensationalism.
and I trust her expertise over media sensationalism.
What media sensitationalism?
There is none, that’s what my comment was about
Even just look at that link about how kitted out the WHO workers were during the evacuation.
The issue is individual countries not treating it seriously, obviously that would include some epidemiologists.
Like, not saying she’s not competent, but don’t forget what happened to the first surgeon that started washing his hands. It doesn’t matter if she has a degree and decades of experience if she doesn’t have a questioning attitude and just goes with the flow.
Because, again, the problem is that attitude being pervasive in the first place…
There are just so many different ways you’re missing the point here buddy…
Edit:
I mean, even if she’s “competent” in her day to day work…
If she isn’t concerned about andes variant as an epidemiologist, she isn’t paying attention and hasn’t been for years at least…
In 2024, the NIH identified several families of viruses — including hantaviruses — that were extremely dangerous and had no effective vaccines or treatments, making them of special concern for their potential to cause a pandemic. To better prepare for future pandemics, the NIH awarded a series of grants through the ReVAMPP program to study these viruses and develop new tools to combat them, including the grant that established the Provident consortium and enabled this latest study. McLellan and other Provident researchers have simultaneously been working to find ways to address other viruses that health officials have identified as especially dangerous in an outbreak, such as measles and Nipah virus.
And that article was written before the cruise ship outbreak, it literally can’t be “media sensationalism” about the cruise out real, that’s not how linear time works.
One of my friends is an epidemiologist. She does infectious disease stuff. She’s not too concerned about it, and I trust her expertise over media sensationalism.
What media sensitationalism?
There is none, that’s what my comment was about
Even just look at that link about how kitted out the WHO workers were during the evacuation.
The issue is individual countries not treating it seriously, obviously that would include some epidemiologists.
Like, not saying she’s not competent, but don’t forget what happened to the first surgeon that started washing his hands. It doesn’t matter if she has a degree and decades of experience if she doesn’t have a questioning attitude and just goes with the flow.
Because, again, the problem is that attitude being pervasive in the first place…
There are just so many different ways you’re missing the point here buddy…
Edit:
I mean, even if she’s “competent” in her day to day work…
If she isn’t concerned about andes variant as an epidemiologist, she isn’t paying attention and hasn’t been for years at least…
https://news.utexas.edu/2026/03/11/scientists-map-deadly-hantavirus-bringing-treatments-one-step-closer/
And that article was written before the cruise ship outbreak, it literally can’t be “media sensationalism” about the cruise out real, that’s not how linear time works.