Notices by Paul Sochacki, MS (biogeek23@hachyderm.io)

@johnzajac @sidereal @seachanger @inquiline the clinicians all take their cues from the top down. They require strong, clear, consistent messaging from the authorities (DHHS, CDC, state and county PH) and a component of regulatory compliance (do X or face financial/operational consequences), they are trained by their respective institutions to dismiss all other instructions. On the one hand, it's kept homeopathy and other junk science out of medical practice. On the other hand, COVID.

@johnzajac @sidereal @seachanger @inquiline right. As a clinically trained data scientist who has worked with vaccines, biotechnology, ecologists, public health, interoperability, and health care, even most of my own peers in the US regard me as "eccentric" for still masking indoors. On an intellectual level, some do know better... However, thanks to present day top-down messaging, they perceive the social cost of being cautious as greater than the social benefit of "fitting in".

Please... My fellow nerdlings... Especially my dearly esteemed and favorite #climate #electrification #carboncapture #scicomm podcast hosts... The government's *response* to the pandemic is the only thing that has ended. The virus carries on, spreading like wildfire, wave after wave disabling and ending lives as it continues to quietly fester below the public's awareness. #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp