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against health staff in the space of a few months last year. In Insecurity Insight’s data, the majority of the perpetrators were members of the public, including patients and their families. Many had used physical objects, including bleach and stones. But overall, the incidents come in various forms.related to the pandemic by July last year, including evictions, psychological threats and attacks online.
Her public outreach had been fairly limited, but the social-media platform became a way to channel energy when life in the USA came to a standstill early in the pandemic. “I couldn’t go into the lab, I couldn’t go into my office,” she says. “So I thought one thing I could contribute to is helping people make sense of all the new information that was coming out.”
Part of the reason Rasmussen keeps going is to set an example for other women scientists who should have a place in the public discussion. “I’m undaunted,” she says, “but I also can’t wait for it to be over.”“I don’t follow Twitter,” says Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London and former member of the UK’s science advisory body SAGE, who fell foul of a more traditional media spotlight.
On legal advice, the incidents were reported to the police. There has been solid support from both institutions that employ him—Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado and Fiocruz Amazônia—the local science community and well-known colleagues abroad. A sense of faith in the scientific process also helped. “The good thing about science is that you cannot lie for a long time,” says Lacerda. “And I have always kept that message with me.
Ferguson highlights the role of a changing media landscape—a faster news cycle, more-diverse sources, greater polarization—and a “slightly toxic” blending of mainstream and social media. There is a tendency for simple narratives and oppositional politics that look for someone to blame or evidence to fit an existing position, he says. “It is a simplistic view of science, particularly science as it applies to crises.
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