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— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) April 14, 2020
Not-that-bad or not-that-high: How advocates of a return to normal misrepresent coronavirus deaths (@pbump) Details: https://t.co/mPNPk9H14Q pic.twitter.com/eCr5we7L76
And just in time, from @DamonLinker. This is exactly what I feared. | The coming backlash against the public health experts https://t.co/6TDeFngupB
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 8, 2020
A notable shift downward in projected deaths from coronavirus is already being spun as "experts were wrong!!" instead of "hey, the thing experts said would drive down deaths might be driving down deaths."https://t.co/HpUPAyc5tx pic.twitter.com/XLPD39dQfF
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 9, 2020
CNN’s Acosta Asks Birx, Fauci About Commentators Suggesting Death Toll Inflated: ‘There’s a Lot of Misinformation’ Out There https://t.co/yeBJZbwpuU
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 8, 2020
After #COVIDー19 crisis passes, could we have a good faith discussion about the uses and abuses of "modeling" to predict the future? Everything from public health, to economic to climate predictions. It isn't the scientific method, folks. https://t.co/OYBm3CIUxX
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) April 10, 2020
Every one of these people who downplayed coronavirus from the start know exactly what they're doing.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) April 11, 2020
They know that the insane efforts to contain coronavirus are the reason we might be lucky enough to "only" have 60,000 deaths, but they hope you're too stupid to realize it. https://t.co/ROLIR6cqh5
A dangerous fight over data infiltrates Trumpworld's response to coronavirus w/ @myahward https://t.co/nDBqzv6sUE via @politico
— David Siders (@davidsiders) April 10, 2020
GOP lawmakers say Fauci may be doing more harm than good amid coronavirus response https://t.co/YNyRfcPtCh pic.twitter.com/8WR3iHETO2
— The Hill (@thehill) April 11, 2020
Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Tucker Carlson, Brit Hume, et al, claim that, as @brithume said, the “fatality numbers are inflated.” In fact the official death toll is a vast underestimate because so many people are dying without being diagnosed with covid-19.https://t.co/6GLFPOqF9w
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) April 12, 2020
As the coronavirus swept the globe, it was accompanied by a surge of false information. Analysts say that President Vladimir Putin of Russia has played a central role in the spread of disinformation as part of a wider effort to discredit the West. https://t.co/0WcjPOACsw
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 13, 2020