With all due respect to @NateSilver538, he is not an expert on the psychology of vaccine confidence. He is a poll aggregator and political pundit. He is not an infectious disease specialist, epidemiologist, vaccinologist, virologist, immunologist, or behavioral scientist. pic.twitter.com/HBrI6zj9aa
— Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA (@celinegounder) April 14, 2021
Fuck I cannot believe I have to defend Nate Silver from these “experts,” but I guess sometimes one has to do distasteful things because they are correct.
It’s certain that the media and “experts” amplifying absolutely minuscule risks will increase vaccine hesitancy. One doesn’t need 20 PhDs to determine this — just a semi-working brain. Even if it’s the right decision in most contexts, it still will do this.