Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Vinay Prasad MD MPH

@VPrasadMDMPH

9 Tweets 11 reads Aug 14, 2022
If you want to understand why universities held ~0 debates on school closure, masking 2 year olds, lockdown, etc. Follow this thread.
The culture in the academy has rotten to the point that intellectuals do not want to engage w someone who *MOSTLY* agrees; Few obs: ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿงต
I disagreed with Dr. Wen in Nov 2020; but I agree with her more and more in 2022 (if anything I go further); Some agreed on both dates; some always disagreed.
Academic conferences are already horribly boring
Why wouldn't you want the excitement of a panel with different views?
What is the worst she going to do?
Persuade you? Or not-persuade you?
Come across as a complex, caring, thoughtful person?
Might kill ur characature
Alternatively, maybe u can persuade her?
Maybe you will be less upset with the next op-ed, and I will be more upset.
If you disagree with her, what stops you from writing your own op-ed?
Why Its Always Too Early to Let Kids Return to Normal
By You
Publisher: NPR
Op-ed Paired with:
Why it is still too soon to stop wiping down Uber eats delivery bags
& Take out saves lives
Except for drivers
As far as I can tell, L. Wen is very much aligned with most of public health; a progressive democrat who led a major city's health department; the former president of Planned Parenthood.
What did u do?
Why is she your opponent?
You probably agree on 85% of issues.
Why all this fighting on the same side?
Do you not understand there are bigger battles at play?
Do u think it might be possible ur side has over-reacted to COVID post vax, vax & booster mandates, schools, masking 2 yo ffs, ignoring natural immunity-might hurt politically?
Isn't it shameful to keep saying that L. Wen is promoting death, etc. Obviously, she thinks your policies are promoting greater misfortune to kids and adults.
She has the same goal as you, but a different set of ideas of how to get there.
Ur crazy rhetoric puts her at risk
I disagreed with her on schools
We wrote our op-ed soon thereafter
In FOIAd docs Fauci emailed it to Walensky if I recall correctly.
I think history has vindicated us fully @vkoganpolisci
medpagetoday.com
Every hour spent complaining about L. Wen is an hour you are not writing your own oped/ substack/ pushing your own view.
The absolute worst thing about the academy is smart people scared to talk to people they *mostly* agree with
As an academic, I am embarrassed to see it

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