COVID-19 Update

Let's start with a tweet thread about the difficulties of getting a strong and coherent public health message out when the clinical picture shifts almost by the hour, in a political atmosphere rife with cynical manipulators and smarmspace weasels.

It’s time to retire the phrase “the science has changed”. Public health leaders should not continue to use it during the pandemic. Instead, we need to explain what actually changed — is there *more* evidence? Or *stronger* evidence? Or conflicting evidence?

Say what changed.

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) February 8, 2022