Estimate of epidemiological cost of protests
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@jon-nyc fascinating.
However, as a self-proclaimed "scientist" I question this statement in his first tweet:
"The appalling killing of George Floyd and video after video after video of police brutality cements the elemental rightness of the Black Lives Matter cause. "
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His first tweet was the scariest.
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I viewed that as mere table stakes to be taken seriously, since he was about to attribute 10 to 100 deaths a day to the protests, disproportionately in black communities.
@jon-nyc I see that and didn’t necessarily think this was his opinion per se, more an attempt to not be completely lambasted and ruined professionally and personally before he finished the 3rd tweet.
My concern is that it was necessary.
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@89th said in Estimate of epidemiological cost of protests:
Lemmings seeking catharsis. And we know what happens to lemmings.
I notice you make this lemmings comment a few times now. What is it about lemmings that make you post something like this many times over?
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Sorry, might’ve been overkill. By lemmings, they are used as a joke when “they just follow the group, even if off a cliff”...so I’m referring to the many individuals (including some of my friends, family, and now corporations) who blindly follow the masses on trendy topics such as declaring their “valuing of black lives, and standing against injustice”. My thought...was this not the case before? Isn’t this what we all think already?
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