I think the analysis that an r1 disease is correct, and that Cochran is right and Garrett is wrong when it comes to comparing ebola to the flu. As a factoid about someone being wrong in the media, it is of tepid interest to LW. If it were only this, I would simply say that this probably belongs in the open thread.
My desire to see it on this site becomes negative only because of the author’s habit of insulting all people and major organizations that disagree with him rather than expressing even one google-search’s worth of curiosity in what the CDC’s argument is.
I think the analysis that an r1 disease is correct, and that Cochran is right and Garrett is wrong when it comes to comparing ebola to the flu. As a factoid about someone being wrong in the media, it is of tepid interest to LW. If it were only this, I would simply say that this probably belongs in the open thread.
My desire to see it on this site becomes negative only because of the author’s habit of insulting all people and major organizations that disagree with him rather than expressing even one google-search’s worth of curiosity in what the CDC’s argument is.