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r721
"Kevin Bass is an MD/PhD student at a medical school in Texas. He is in his 7th year.

The views expressed in this article are the writer's own."

chiefalchemist
Yes. But that's the way the propaganda machine works. That's how it backs away - without turning its back - from the less-than-transparent hypeebolic narrative of the past. For recent similar back-offs see the Russian dossier, or Iraq and the WMDs.

The irony is, this is honestly positioned as op-ed, while much of the other journalism and science wasn't much better. Holding that against him is missing the point. And now we're back to how propaganda - when done right - works.

Let's not be naive.

terrabitz
Doesn't seem to be a very credible article. There's an awful lot of pontificating about the disastrous outcomes of COVID-era policies without any supporting evidence. The whole thing reads a bit like a non-sequitur.

Also, there's an awful lot of talk about "we in the scientific community" for someone who is still in medical school.

karpour
Author claims "resulted in thousands if not millions of preventable deaths." but never elaborates on what these deaths were caused by in his view or what should have been done differently. Also hindsight is 20/20. Since this was a novel situation, in hindsight we will always know what should've been differently, that doesn't mean it was wrong to take the measures that were taken at the time. But it doesn't seem that the author would care about things like that.
deadlinermusic
F&ck Newsweek for allowing this sh$t on their site. I agree with chiefalchemist.
kennend3
This will quickly become new copy/paste material for the anti-vax crowd. Perhaps beating out the often cited "Nuremberg Code"?
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