Chris von Csefalvay's Twitter Thread on Harmful Attitudes Toward Epidemiologists Distracting from COVID-19 Insights
In a Twitter thread, epidemiologist Chris von Csefalvay (@chrisvcsefalvay) argues that harmful, gatekeeping attitudes about who does and does not "count" as an epidemiologist distract researchers from making progress on COVID-19. He states that epidemiology is simply "the application of quantitative tools to health and disease," and that policing this definition wastes energy better spent on research. The thread sparked further debate among other epidemiologists about disciplinary boundaries within the field.
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