ICYMI my latest Guardian column on the line between truth and lies disintegrating during the pandemic. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@devisridhar Finally, you are writing about something you know a great deal about: lies used to spread fear.
@devisridhar On similar lines x.com/drg1985/status…
@devisridhar On similar lines x.com/drg1985/status…
@devisridhar Some comments on mitigations in schools have fallen into the latter category even from so called 'experts'.
@devisridhar 1) The issue is that your academic background is in anthropology, and you need to acknowledge that, which you do not in this article. To an expert, it is clear that is what you write about.
@devisridhar The smallest 🎻 violin playing demise of legacy media. Literally one saying 'the fire alarm is going off, evacuate' and the other saying 'ignore the fire alarm, it's fine....' Both these positions can't be right.
@devisridhar Thanks for the clear and expert information you have shared against this backdrop. Keep going.
@devisridhar If we don't tackle this same issue with respect to climate change then the next pandemic doesn't even matter...
@devisridhar So you’re writing a book to profit from your experience of this pandemic? 🤔
@devisridhar Clickbait MSM, mixed messaging from our politicians and the rise of self declared “experts” have undermined and confused the public.
@devisridhar One of the things I learned working in mental health for over 30yrs is that if people have fixed false beliefs, you cannot change them with facts, and I am not just talking about those experiencing this because of mental illness.