Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Long Twitter threads are generally ripe environments for misinformation (especially on COVID but also on other topics). They often combine a handful of reasonable claims with several dubious or BS ones. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 17, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Although this is commonly asserted, there really isn't much evidence that in the medium to long run, the supply of vaccine is finite. The counterargument is that greater demand will lead to more (perhaps long-lasting) investment in the supply chain and manufacturing capabilities. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 17, 2021

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It's true that Twitter in general also has its share of dubious claims. But they're sort of literally harder to pick apart when they're part of a long thread. And people take long threads as more authoritative than individual tweets when they probably shouldn't. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 17, 2021