Great conversation between @BillHanage, @j_g_allen and @writtenbysalma about masks and other measures to improve safety during the pandemic. Starts at 2 hours 4 mins. https://t.co/6sACsU3mCI
— Adam Hamdy (@adamhamdy) January 14, 2021
My announcement that I was running with a mask got a LOT of comment (from all sides) earlier. It’s in response to changes in the state of the pandemic and the transmissibility of the virus. Worth unpacking 1/goodness knows
Yes. I wore a mask while running earlier. pic.twitter.com/KMQf6pkf3V
— Bill Hanage (@BillHanage) January 15, 2021
https://t.co/P3tC6NYWAa
Dr. William Hanage, Associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard University discusses whether we should wear masks outdoors & while exercising due to Covid-19 variants#RTEPT | #Covid19 | @BillHanage | @franmcnulty pic.twitter.com/8VAPaReczG
— RT\xc9 Prime Time (@RTE_PrimeTime) January 14, 2021
https://t.co/gTxywkPqFf
While running outside? \U0001f928
— jenny t. jackson \U0001f1fa\U0001f1f8 (@jmomteague2) January 16, 2021
It's not unusual here in NYC. Not all runners, but many. Most bicyclists. Almost all pedestrians on the sidewalk. Like that since the summer. I assume it's not strictly necessary in lowering the spread, but it seems a show of solidarity as much as anything.
— Rick Bruner (@rickbruner) January 16, 2021
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1. There is an issue with hostility some academics have faced on some issues
2. Another academic who himself uses threats of legal action to bully colleagues into silence is not a good faith champion of the free speech cause
How about Selina Todd, Kathleen Stock, Jo Phoenix, Rachel Ara, Sarah Honeychurch, Michele Moore, Nina Power, Joanna Williams, Jenny Murray, Julia Gasper ...
— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) February 17, 2021
Or is it only Eric you pop at?
Are they all making it up too Rob?
Are they "beyond parody"? https://t.co/drQssTD0OL
I have kept quiet about Matthew's recent outpourings on here but as my estwhile co-author has now seen fit to portray me as an enabler of oppression I think I have a right to reply. So I will.
I consider Matthew to be a colleague and a friend, and we had a longstanding agreement not to engage in disputes on twitter. I disagree with much in the article @UOzkirimli wrote on his research in @openDemocracy but I strongly support his right to express such critical views
I therefore find it outrageous that Matthew saw fit to bully @openDemocracy with legal threats, seeking it seems to stifle criticism of his own work. Such behaviour is simply wrong, and completely inconsistent with an academic commitment to free speech.
I am not embroiling myself in the various other cases Matt lists because, unlike him, I think attention to the detail matters and I don't have time to research each of these cases in detail.