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Re:How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate by walrus01 on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:19PM (#34144621)
I think the longest legacy it's left for me is amazement at the absolutely gargantuan mass of uneducated persons who decided to believe that every PhD qualified virologist and epidemiologist in the world was engaged in some nefarious conspiracy to oppress them.

The sheer amount of antivaxxine grifters, conspiracy theorists and absolute wackadoodles was way too much. Still is. You've got literally millions of people out there who think every word out of the mouth of Alex Jones is the gospel truth.

Re:How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate by AustinDev on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:24PM (#34144663)
Did you even read the thread or listen to the discussions surrounding it. The point of the evidence supplied in the thread is that leading virologists and epidemiologists were actively suppressed by non-experts.
Re:How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate by walrus01 on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:27PM (#34144689)
The so-called "news" source linked, based on a review of its other articles, appears to be far right wing agitprop similar to rebel media and Infowars. It makes fox news look like flaming liberals.
Re:How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate by AustinDev on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:35PM (#34144758)
Oh, I spent 2-3 hours today listening to nearly half a dozen epidemiologists talk about how this was all very concerning while these tweets were released. I'm no expert but I've heard plenty of expert criticism of the CDC, WHO and Executive statements on the virus all of which was suppressed at the time.
Re:How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate by jhgfjhgfjhfgjhg on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:59PM (#34144946)
You are using an ad hominem fallacy
Re:How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate by Zpalmtree on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @12:41AM (#34145503)
the news isn't real because they have other articles that don't agree with my politics okay bro
Re:How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate by int_19h on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @05:18AM (#34147346)
The part that you should be concerned about is that factual reporting (and it is clearly factual - it cites specific emails and specific tweets) on this subject had to be published on a fringe site like this, because a mainstream outlet wouldn't pick it up for ideological reasons.