[DocSavage87]

Fortunately, no such joint task force existed and science was allowed to play out with only minimal government intervention. It is however unquestionably true that the fact Einstein did not embrace quantum mechanics held back it's acceptance by the "scientific community".

Also, Einstein was very much a leader in the field he was commenting and it was undergoing a scientific revolution.  Atlas is not.

In fairness, asymptomatic transmission has gone from "probably not much" to "could be 40%". However, we still don't really know where we stand there. "Could be" is not "is". However, we are certainly beyond "probably not much".

Let me clarify.  He was interviewed about the WHO backtracking on asymptomatic transmission and they cited *at that time* that asymptomatic transmission could be 40%.  Atlas was asked what he thought of the reversal from the previous day's comment. He said it was political, there is lots of evidence that asymptomatic transmission is rare, and never brought up the 40% figure nor did the interviewer.  If you hadn't read the WHO statement, you'd never known what they said.  It's just one example of many of his selective use of data that I would call "malpractice" in public health policy.

[DocSavage87]

Fortunately, no such joint task force existed and science was allowed to play out with only minimal government intervention. It is however unquestionably true that the fact Einstein did not embrace quantum mechanics held back it's acceptance by the "scientific community".

Also, Einstein was very much a leader in the field he was commenting and it was undergoing a scientific revolution.  Atlas is not.

In fairness, asymptomatic transmission has gone from "probably not much" to "could be 40%". However, we still don't really know where we stand there. "Could be" is not "is". However, we are certainly beyond "probably not much".

Let me clarify.  He was interviewed about the WHO backtracking on asymptomatic transmission and they cited *at that time* that asymptomatic transmission could be 40%.  Atlas was asked what he thought of the reversal from the previous day's comment. He said it was political, there is lots of evidence that asymptomatic transmission is rare, and never brought up the 40% figure nor did the interviewer.  If you hadn't read the WHO statement, you'd never known what they said.  It's just one example of many of his selective use of data that I would call "malpractice" in public health policy.