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Re:YouTube removed a viral video of two doctors calling for ... by jdkee on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @12:24AM (#23015335)
"People should be able to see all the opinions of various experts; doctors in NYC, doctors in Minnesota. Just them on their merits and examine the evidence."

Most people are not qualified to "examine the evidence" and make public health policy decisions. This is why we rely upon the experts. Otherwise you have measles outbreaks in Beverly Hills.

Re:YouTube removed a viral video of two doctors calling for ... by wesammikhail on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @05:06AM (#23017039)
You mean the experts that said no human to human transmission? or the experts that called for maska being ineffective? or the experts that didnt know how to store and deploy resources as they needed? or the experts that miscalculated projected infection rates?
Re:YouTube removed a viral video of two doctors calling for ... by seppin on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:39AM (#23077179)
> You mean the experts that said no human to human transmission?

Perfect example, no expert said there was no human to human nor is there any chance of it. The only language close to that was "there isn't any proof of it now" which might have been informed by CCP misinformation.

Even though they were misinformed, any true expert should have known not to make any definitive statement either way. If you have such a quote, it was not made by an expert.

Re:YouTube removed a viral video of two doctors calling for ... by thu2111 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @05:21AM (#23017130)
So doctors aren't experts in health now. That's what it's come to?

Do you think epidemiologists are? The people who have apparently never predicted a disease outbreak successfully, ever? Why are they experts but not these doctors?

And what makes YouTube employees believe they're qualified to decide who's right? They're experts in HTML5 video serving, not health.

Re:YouTube removed a viral video of two doctors calling for ... by notacoward on Thursday April 30, 2020 @03:01PM (#23034729)
> So doctors aren't experts in health now.

Even doctors generally recognize that public health (of which epidemiology is only a part) is a separate domain of expertise. There are doctors who specialize in infectious disease who need some public-health training, but there's no reason to expect that e.g. a oncologist or trauma surgeon would know more than the average scientifically-literate person about a different profession.