Interesting. Thanks. Ironically, my first reaction was “listen to two guys talking about medical politics for more than an hour? Who has time?” I don’t. But listen I did anyway, and found the time worth it. Once.
I say that because, as entertaining as they were, they were giving opinions. Opinions which they claimed were backed by data, …
Interesting. Thanks. Ironically, my first reaction was “listen to two guys talking about medical politics for more than an hour? Who has time?” I don’t. But listen I did anyway, and found the time worth it. Once.
I say that because, as entertaining as they were, they were giving opinions. Opinions which they claimed were backed by data, but I find data that contradict their opinions. Masks for toddlers? A bad idea and an easy target. Masks for adults and vulnerable people? Important and validated. I much prefer peer-reviewed published studies to anyone’s opinions.
In addition, a number of contemporary scientists have called Prasad’s writings “specious and ignorant”, containing “mistruths” and “misleading statements”, and said that they “lean heavily on pushing people’s emotional hot buttons”. In other words, not exactly someone to trust.
So, for me, back to studies and not listening to opinionators. :-) One example, below, a large-scale study on the effectiveness of masking - not on mask mandates.
Interesting. Thanks. Ironically, my first reaction was “listen to two guys talking about medical politics for more than an hour? Who has time?” I don’t. But listen I did anyway, and found the time worth it. Once.
I say that because, as entertaining as they were, they were giving opinions. Opinions which they claimed were backed by data, but I find data that contradict their opinions. Masks for toddlers? A bad idea and an easy target. Masks for adults and vulnerable people? Important and validated. I much prefer peer-reviewed published studies to anyone’s opinions.
In addition, a number of contemporary scientists have called Prasad’s writings “specious and ignorant”, containing “mistruths” and “misleading statements”, and said that they “lean heavily on pushing people’s emotional hot buttons”. In other words, not exactly someone to trust.
So, for me, back to studies and not listening to opinionators. :-) One example, below, a large-scale study on the effectiveness of masking - not on mask mandates.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2119266119