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Local TV News Asks Scott Atlas For Analysis of COVID-19 Which I feel Unacceptable
Right wing outlet KUSI decide to run a story about COVID-19. Most of the time, the people feature on the network provide a conservative slant to the news and it is fairly run of the mill conservative editorial slant. But one headline drew my attention. They were asking Scott Atlas for his take on COVID-19 and especially why Florida was doing better than California
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – New guidelines from the CDC say vaccinated people can gather with those at low-risk for virus without masks, but should cover face in public.
Dr. Scott Atlas says this announcement is obvious, because “that is the whole point of the vaccine.”
Dr. Atlas has also used data to publicly point out that mask mandates have not been an effective way to stop the spread of COVID-19, and other experts agree with him. But, states like California continue to enforce mask mandates and push them as a valid way of stopping the spread of coronavirus in the community.
Dr. Atlas was very critical of Gavin Newsom’s controversial tiered reopening system, saying, “there’s not a lot of science behind the tiers.” Continuing, “these are so called markers of danger really, community spread, tiers, whatever you want to call them. They are arbitrary, they are not science based, they, the people who put them in, keep pounding their fists saying it’s all about the science, but it’s not all about the science.”
Dr. Atlas compared COVID spread in Florida to California, and their drastically different styles of response to the virus, as proof that Newsom’s tier system is inadequate. Atlas explained, “what happened in this Fall surge, Fall/Winter, Florida did better than California. And you can’t just say these things work, everyone is reckless is not using them, when your results don’t show that. Again, facts matter.”
Concluding his interview, Dr. Atlas explained his belief that people are acting out of fear, and irrationally.
Dr. Scott Atlas says this announcement is obvious, because “that is the whole point of the vaccine.”
Dr. Atlas has also used data to publicly point out that mask mandates have not been an effective way to stop the spread of COVID-19, and other experts agree with him. But, states like California continue to enforce mask mandates and push them as a valid way of stopping the spread of coronavirus in the community.
Dr. Atlas was very critical of Gavin Newsom’s controversial tiered reopening system, saying, “there’s not a lot of science behind the tiers.” Continuing, “these are so called markers of danger really, community spread, tiers, whatever you want to call them. They are arbitrary, they are not science based, they, the people who put them in, keep pounding their fists saying it’s all about the science, but it’s not all about the science.”
Dr. Atlas compared COVID spread in Florida to California, and their drastically different styles of response to the virus, as proof that Newsom’s tier system is inadequate. Atlas explained, “what happened in this Fall surge, Fall/Winter, Florida did better than California. And you can’t just say these things work, everyone is reckless is not using them, when your results don’t show that. Again, facts matter.”
Concluding his interview, Dr. Atlas explained his belief that people are acting out of fear, and irrationally.
Please tell me why we should listen to the garbage spewed out by Scott Atlas as falsehood. Better to state that the economic cost of the virus dramatically exceeds the public benefit of lockdowns. At least, that is a more honest take than BS from Scott Atlas.
Taking advice from Scott Atlas is like taking advice from the doctors who supported the tobacco companies back in the day. That man is discredited in my eyes, and I dislike him. I cannot control the editorial content of who they put on, but my concern is that using pseudoscience to justify your position is unacceptable. The problem is when you take your advice from that man, people die. Therefore, there is an adverse consequence to having Scott Atlas on your TV network.
In some ways, I wish they yanked his medical license because he is committing malpractice with his own words. Now, that is probably not feasible thing under the laws of this country, but in a just world, his license would be yanked.
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