Carl T. Bergstrom

If you read one thing today, make it this moving piece from Celine Gounder about the legacy of her late husband Grant Wahl and the grifters who would try to twist it for the purposes of antivax propaganda.

I’ll follow this post with a link to an un-paywalled version.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/opinion/grant-wahl-celine-gounder-vaccine.html

Opinion | Grant Wahl’s Death Isn’t a Tool for Covid Vaccine Disinformation Spreaders

Anti-vaccine harassment cannot stand.

Jan 8, 2023 at 4:52pmWeb
Show threadCarl T. BergstromJan 8, 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/opinion/grant-wahl-celine-gounder-vaccine.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqIhkSVUbCybSRdkhrxqAwvfVybogw2D3LCzQQjtGzuIYRoeH5kHBaLAmedI41DWdSZlBLLorDrRU_9NoAnZMGUOus4fW39MMOTk0ooa-GThn0s3GBrtktDa2P2T8db8hmvi140LYdWTrDfDZ1iZxIlk28oB3Ng3_gQx-zajDGu5z3dJ_zK1hUsg8HWFcEXHM6_r4CBx-OsGEbgXe42Q1XOJfXzLSn72M-u5KMVUSWR-dEiQJsStr48hcOdgWIK_8MxUgHcL6irgUAWZuR5y7-E925nwfZmaZWY4MxzbB3w&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Opinion | Grant Wahl’s Death Isn’t a Tool for Covid Vaccine Disinformation Spreaders

Anti-vaccine harassment cannot stand.

Show threadTony CavaJan 8, 2023
@ct_bergstrom Thanks for sharing Carl
Show threadTony CavaJan 8, 2023
@ct_bergstrom This makes me wish there were a way to tax the spread of ignorance, especially when that spread amplifies and extends the grief of another. What if, once disinformation is exposed as such, there were a penalty of say, a one or two week account suspension for spreading the lie? People might begin thinking twice before sharing bullshit.
Show threadGregory ThomsonJan 9, 2023
@ct_bergstrom Thank you, much appreciated. Celine is a wonderful writer, on my short list of follows these past few years.
Show threadTransitionStateJan 9, 2023
@ct_bergstrom One of those things where your admiration for the person is admixed with utter revulsion at the grotesque knuckle-walkers who force her to do this.
Show threadKat O’BrienJan 8, 2023
@ct_bergstrom bravo to Dr Gounder. It is terrible that people attack doctors and scientists to the point of death and rape threats, along with online harassment, and use tragic deaths for trolling.
Show threadTony Masiello ☮Jan 8, 2023
@ct_bergstrom thank you for sharing this here. She has been one of my favorite people on the bird site. She is very courageous, but it sucks that she has to go through this in her time of grief and loss.
Show threadJulesJan 8, 2023
@ct_bergstrom absolutely. read this morning.
Show threadMike BabyakJan 8, 2023
@ct_bergstrom As a long time fan of Grant’s excellent work, I was so deeply saddened by his death. Finding out it was being exploited by the malevolent crazies was enraging.