I& #39;m gonna level with you, in March I was just a podcaster and data dude with an opinion. Now, I& #39;ve heard from doctors, epidemiologists, state, local and federal officials, journalists etc. I& #39;m telling you the data you& #39;re seeing on Twitter is better and that& #39;s why they& #39;re using it

There is a lot of great work being done by researchers out here right now that is now being looked at by media and all levels of government. It& #39;s because even qualified experts have been lazy and ignorant on this virus. It& #39;s been eye opening to hear stories.

I am not joking, these are all blue checkmark epidemiologist/virologist types: in this epidemic, one didn& #39;t know where to find state CASE data; another didn& #39;t know some states reported ICU data found on CTP; a third didn& #39;t know state death reports weren& #39;t by date of death.

Being in a field of study doesn& #39;t inherently make your opinion better than others who aren& #39;t, and it definitely doesn& #39;t make you right.