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Mark Histed
@markhisted.org

People ask me why the COVID contrarians were needed. Why did the first Trump White House align with rightwing billionaires and orgs to find credentialed ppl who looked good on TV that would deny COVID severity and yell about lockdowns? This is why

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social

It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"

Mark Histed
@markhisted.org

Am I upset that we didn’t do a good job pushing back then, and now the same COVID minimizes are destroying US science and public health? I am upset about it. Let’s learn that lesson.

Mark Histed
@markhisted.org

This is the reason for the Rand Paul hearing as well. The far-right elite and Trumpist electeds work hand in hand with the media and the rightwing think tanks. It’s why their efforts are so effective.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

It is 2021, and Rand Paul is grandstanding and making a cartoonish spectacle of a Fauci hearing. It is 2026, and Rand Paul is grandstanding and making a cartoonish spectacle of a Fauci hearing. It is 2030, and Rand Paul is...

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Mark Histed
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Here’s one constructive suggestion

Mark Histed@markhisted.org

If we could all learn just one lesson from this, it would be for all the science leaders to stop reading the damn Murdoch WSJ Opinion page

Mark Histed
@markhisted.org

One more: In private, most scientists in America have their hair on fire. But too many scientific and university leaders are unwilling to criticize the Trump administration. That leads to this: to RFK claiming a scientific mantle with little pushback. Scientists must enter the arena.

Molly Jong-Fast@mollyjongfast.bsky.social

He’s a roadkill enthusiast not a scientist