What's The Difference?

Otter (to Hoover): Take it easy I'm in pre-law.

Boon: I thought you're pre-med?

Otter: What's the difference?

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You may have notice during the moral health crisis the branch of science hogging the spot light are epidemiologists (germ chasers as it were).

Meanwhile, other scientists such as virologists, immunologists, vaccinologists, and industrial hygienists have not been given prominent TV dinner space.

So what is the difference between each?

Simply:

An immunologist studies and is an expert in understanding how the immune system works. 

A virologist studies the structure of viruses and how it interacts with cells and other organisms within the immune system.

A lesser known sub-branch I suppose of science, vaccinologists create and designs vaccines.

Industrial hygienists - or occupational hygiene - "is the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control, and confirmation of protection from hazards at work that may result in injury, illness, or affect the well being of workers" to lazily steal from ideological-captured Wiki. This includes expertise in masks. 

Epidemiologists follow the path and determinants of disease and as such can provide important if not crucial insights and recommendations about how a disease will impact people and society.

The problem with the epidemiologists on TV is they swing in each of these lanes like a drunkard. And in my view, have been less a voice of sound, calm, and  rational thought and more just about pushing discredited and dangerous measures.

Epidemiologists are not mask experts but are out there peddling them despite the known fact of their ineffectiveness. 

They also, without proof or evidence, are enthusiastic proponents of lockdowns. In this way, they seem to enjoy watching futile measures burn shit down like an arsonist. You almost get the sense if they could pull a Toobinator (ejaculating on screen) they would talking about locking down restaurants. 

Which reminds. Public health experts they are not.

Now, there are scientists that sometimes do have backgrounds or possess expertise in two or maybe three of these, but in general, we're talking about the specificity of these disciplines.

That is not to say immunologists aren't out there pumping up masks but the biggest hoggers spreading panic and fear of the public space have been epidemiologists. 

Another bunch that garner even more scorn are these mathematical modellers governments seem infatuated with. Has there been a more dismally inaccurate group than them? Garbage in, garbage out. Which explains why Tam sounds all gobbily gibberish when she speaks.

Anyway. That was just a brief breakdown of the players. Prior to the pandemic, we all had a scant and clouded view of who they were. Quite frankly, I would have preferred it remained that way.

That goes especially rriple for shill physicians and paediatricians playing out their quack vaccine fetishes bullying people into submission with their mental illness.

Strong?

Sue me.