Dr. Lucky Tran Jan 12, 2023

Thank you to @FAIR and Ari Paul for this very thorough debunking of the problematic New Yorker attack piece on the People's CDC.

https://fair.org/home/new-yorker-takes-aim-at-people-who-still-think-covid-is-a-problem/

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New Yorker Takes Aim at People Who Still Think Covid Is a Problem - FAIR

Corporate media’s overarching message is that it’s “time to move on,” and radicals holding on to precautions are impeding economic recovery.

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Show threadDr. Lucky Tran Jan 12, 2023

One of the quotes highlighted in the piece is mine on the connections between anti-masking and white supremacy. This isn't mere speculation, as the New Yorker piece dishonestly frames it. It's based on a long history of studies on how health inequities play out.

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Show threadMalcolm MacPhail
@luckytran I wonder if American exceptionalism has a role with downplaying the pandemic and the fierce opposition by some to public health measures such as vaccines and mask mandates. Certainly pathological individualism, which can’t envision members of civil society working together to contain a deadly pandemic, is partly responsible for the US having by far the highest COVID deaths rates of developed nations.
Jan 12, 2023 at 5:26amWeb