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Bio: Science writer at The Atlantic. Author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, a New York Times bestseller. Married to Liz Neeley. edyong.me (he/him)
Location: At home
Also on fire
āImagine a chessboard on a lily pad. Theyāre both on fire. I need a drink.ā
I feel this tweet in my bones
One problem that #covid19 journalists (formerly known as science journalists) have: Weāre supposed to report the news, but really at the moment we need to find new ways of saying the same thing over and over. So, hereās superspreading explained visually vis.sciencemag.org/covid-clusters/
vis.sciencemag.org/covid-clusters/
āThe paucity of data [on the racial/ethnic diversity of researchers publishing on their platforms] rang a discordant tone in the wake of editorials & commentaries published by journals in recent months that pledged to combat racism in science & medicine.ā
nytimes.com/2020/10/30/sciā¦
Hereās the video of the Amanpour Lecture I did last nightāa 30-minute synthesis of much of my pandemic reporting, and some thoughts on journalism during this pivotal time. Iām proud of how this turned out. I hope itās helpful. (Thereās a Q&A after it too)
youtu.be/z8xfPTWQySg
Our research team looked at 40+ cases of false or misleading narratives about voting over the past six weeks. Not surprisingly, Pres Trump was one of the āsuper spreadersā of these narratives, which other researchers have called a ādisinformation campaignā eipartnership.net/rapid-responseā¦
eipartnership.net/rapid-responseā¦
The other day, @edyong209 wrote that reelecting Trump means that "more Americans will be sickened, disabled, and killed."
But it doesn't have to be this way.
The choice is clear. Please vote accordingly:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/ā¦ pic.twitter.com/manM2lsRBe
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/ā¦
Finally, listening to @edyong209, even when he tells you the most terrible stuff -- is somehow... soothing? He wants you to get ready for our pandemic future, stop waiting around for a vaccine, and vote: slate.com/podcasts/what-ā¦
Watched The Thing again this week and it never disappoints. And a movie about a bunch of cold people slowly losing their minds as a parasitic organism takes them over will help take your mind off wait never mind
...and those hard-won improvements in medical knowledge and savvy will make much less difference than they should if we continue to exhaust and kill those same health-care workers.
(This one is from the amazing Covid Tracking Project team)
theatlantic.com/science/archivā¦
theatlantic.com/science/archivā¦
This is a crucial piece by @sarahzhang, one of the best science writers around.
Covid mortality rates are lower now than in the spring because healthcare workers are better at treating it **which is a vindication of flattening-the-curve**.
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
Time made a difference. Treatments are better now than they were six months ago, and that's keeping death rates down. They'll get better still. The best way to think about COVID-19 is: If you're going to get it, better to get it later than now.
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
ICYMI, check out @edyong209's brilliant lecture, "COVID-19: Science reporting in a global pandemic": youtu.be/z8xfPTWQySg twitter.com/edyong209/statā¦
Alice Wong (@DisVisibility) speaks out about the deeply personal nature of politics for marginalized people, what fuels her activism, and why voting is urgent and crucial right now: bit.ly/31TxDdQ. #WeWillEmerge pic.twitter.com/aaoR122MIQ
For @PENamerica I share my thoughts about political change and participation in the midst of the pandemic. It's not just about one election or one vote but moving together collectively toward the future. "I may be tired, but I want to live."
#CripTheVote #DisabilityCoalition twitter.com/PENamerica/staā¦
More indispensable reporting and context from @COVID19Tracking @TheAtlantic: theatlantic.com/science/archivā¦
Follow @nadiazonis, @karaoehler, @juledurg, @afgoldfarb, @extrasolarchar
theatlantic.com/science/archivā¦
Gorgeously written and deeply unsettling, by @CarlosASanchez:
"On another night, I was awakened by a nurse checking my vital signs... she leaned forward and whispered to me, 'You have to get out of here. This place is dangerous.'ā theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/ā¦
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/ā¦
Read this. twitter.com/CarlosASanchezā¦
šš¼ thank you!
Good news štwitter.com/edyong209/statā¦
For those who tuned into @edyong209's Amanpour lecture today, he mentioned this poster -
Advice to young journalists starting out in the field
edyong.me/new-page pic.twitter.com/RPo7GcjD8w
SO glad you asked that question.
Aaaand it's done. Here's the video if you missed it. Thanks to everyone who watched, asked questions, and worked behind the scenes, and thanks to Christiane Amanpour (!!!!!!!) for the intro. youtube.com/watch?v=z8xfPTā¦
Our weekly update is published. It's extremely grim. Half a million new cases this week, with hospitalizations rising fast. twitter.com/COVID19Trackinā¦
just let me have this, it's not much
"If he is reelected, he will continue on the same path, and so will the coronavirus. Donald Trump is unchanging; the election offers an opportunity for the country to change instead."
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
"Great Red Wave" indeed.
covidexitstrategy.org pic.twitter.com/kSsMNAtd9u
I read the subhed for #5, cackled morbidly, and then just stared out the window for a bit.
Let's cross our fingers, cross our toes, knock wood three-times in our lucky socks as we hang amulets around the houseāas we make a voting plan!āand then, remind ourselves the 5 reasons why 2020 is really, truly different than 2016
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/ā¦
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/ā¦
As COVID-19 cases rise across the United States, claims are circulating that case increases are (mostly or entirely) due to expanded testing, and do not indicate a spike in infections. The data does not support this conclusion. covidtracking.com/blog/cases-matā¦
covidtracking.com/blog/cases-matā¦
"The ambitious drive to produce Covid-19 vaccine at warp speed seems to be running up against reality. We all probably need to reset our expectations about how quickly weāre going to be able to be vaccinated."
Always read @HelenBranswell.
statnews.com/2020/10/29/it-ā¦
statnews.com/2020/10/29/it-ā¦
phew what a relief
A season later, and I still think often about this piece by the incomparable @edyong209: theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
He and I recently chatted about my experiences responding to #COVID19 for the last 9 months.
In 5 short words: it's been so damn hard.
Be kind to each other, y'all.
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
This is the best visualization Iāve seen of how the virus spreads indoors, what the risks are, and how basic precautions mitigate them. english.elpais.com/society/2020-1ā¦
english.elpais.com/society/2020-1ā¦
Another exceptional article by @edyong209 @TheAtlantic:
"The U.S. has now clearly seen what happens when a pandemic occurs under Trump. It is an experiment that no one should ever want to rerun."
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
Herd immunity is not a strategy. It's another name for giving up. nature.com/articles/d4158ā¦ twitter.com/NoahShachtman/ā¦
and the your editor cuts the sentence
Very incisive and clear framing from @edyong209:
"Trumpās response has been so lax as to effectively cede the country to a virus whose spread is controllable."
Read the whole thing:
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦
Remdesivir is the first drug approved to treat #covid19 in the US. Which is surprising given how little data there is of it helping patients much. @sciencecohen and I looked at how the drug failed its way to the top. Story here, thread tk tomorrow sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/vā¦