Is it possible that the Atlantic employs multiple writers that don't all share the same set of opinions?
It's just as likely they run op-eds from authors willing to have whatever opinion is necessary.
The business of op-ed and analysis pieces is pretty crappy, and it does not require any moral or intellectual honesty from the authors.
The author of this piece, Zeynep Tufekci (https://twitter.com/zeynep), has had a pretty consistent viewpoint throughout the epidemic: she called for early response, early mask wearing (when most western authorities were advising against it) and co-authored a review on the topic (https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202004.0203/v1), and has consistently said that closing outdoor public spaces is a mistake. Whether she's wrong or right, she's not just writing what the Atlantic's editors tell her to.
Re:Is It Okay to Go to the Beach?
by voxelghost on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:57AM
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One could imagine that that might even be a good way to run a news paper.
Re:Is It Okay to Go to the Beach?
by alpineidyll3 on Monday July 06, 2020 @08:52PM
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Sure, but cursory editorial summaries of cursory science are not a part of your healthy science diet.
Stop getting science advice from op-ed magazines! I sympathize with 100% of the Atlantic's political views and completely hate their desperate and misguided attempts to remain relevant.