I don't consider twitter discussion "serious decisions". When a thread here reach 100 comments, the quality of the discussion usually drops. I don't want to imagine how bad it's in twitter.
The problem is people overdosing from snake oil they read in twitter. I think there were a few cases with ivermectine, hydroxychloroquine and chlorine dioxide [1]. People should not self medicate, or at least understand proportions and that the dose makes the poison. They should see a medical doctor [2], that at least understand proportions and that the dose makes the poison and that they should follow the advice from the FDA made by people that read a few of research papers and extended reports, instead of only one press release about a preprint written by a moron that somehow got a position in a university or hospital.
I guess politician don't read the full paper (except Merkel?), but they hire experts to read the articles and give advice. If you are a politician and the "expert" is reading only the abstract without checking the full paper and the journal and other related stuff, you should fire the moron.
[1] The chemistry of chlorine dioxide is too simple and it's obvious that it can't possible work, so it makes me angry. The other stuff don't work, there were no good reasons to expect them to work, but at least it's not obvious with elementary chemistry that it can't work.
[2] I have horror stories about medical doctos too. Always ask for a second opinion for important stuff.
I don't consider twitter discussion "serious decisions". When a thread here reach 100 comments, the quality of the discussion usually drops. I don't want to imagine how bad it's in twitter.
The problem is people overdosing from snake oil they read in twitter. I think there were a few cases with ivermectine, hydroxychloroquine and chlorine dioxide [1]. People should not self medicate, or at least understand proportions and that the dose makes the poison. They should see a medical doctor [2], that at least understand proportions and that the dose makes the poison and that they should follow the advice from the FDA made by people that read a few of research papers and extended reports, instead of only one press release about a preprint written by a moron that somehow got a position in a university or hospital.
I guess politician don't read the full paper (except Merkel?), but they hire experts to read the articles and give advice. If you are a politician and the "expert" is reading only the abstract without checking the full paper and the journal and other related stuff, you should fire the moron.
[1] The chemistry of chlorine dioxide is too simple and it's obvious that it can't possible work, so it makes me angry. The other stuff don't work, there were no good reasons to expect them to work, but at least it's not obvious with elementary chemistry that it can't work.
[2] I have horror stories about medical doctos too. Always ask for a second opinion for important stuff.