I’m not an epidemiologist or virologist, but…
Sound familiar?
Over the last week, a version of this line has spread across social media and onto the pages of our newspapers.
Conservative pundits have used it as a preface for viewpoints that are oppositional to the medical experts and scientists leading the charge against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The commentators and columnists have focused their arguments on two main points: 1) large-scale isolation efforts are unnecessary and/or overblown, and 2) testing isn’t all that important.