The recent tragic end for the OceanGate submersible and COVID misinformation have one thing in common, rejection of expertise.
Stockton Rush, the CEO and owner of OceanGate had no training, education or credentials whatesover in submarine engineering. In fact, he rejected the advice and warnings of those with such training. Armed with only a bachelors degree in aeronautical engineering, Rush thought he knew more than he did. Submarines are not airplanes. He was a beginner who didn’t know what he didn’t know.
The COVID antivaxx campaign in similar in this regard, it is entirely the work of unqualified people with no training, education or credentials in Infectious Diseases. In fact, they reject such training referring to it as “credentialism”. When it comes to Infectious Diseases, they are all beginners. They don’t know what they don’t know.
There is a reason why you need to be trained in submarine engineering if you are going to take trusting souls to the ocean floor.
There is also a reason why you need to be a trained infectious disease doctor to give trusting souls advice about COVID or vaccinations.
Rush has no idea what he was doing. Neither do the antivaxx doctors oF disinformation.
https://scitechdaily.com/carbon-fiber-conundrum-physicist-explains-the-tragic-implosion-of-oceangates-titan-submersible/?expand_article=1
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-patmas-md-facp-8a952816_home-activity-7081864561112354816-Jbhu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-patmas-md-facp-8a952816_there-is-an-analogy-between-what-happened-activity-7081727747798024192-n5Ve?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
This is exactly how frustrated our qualified and best science and medical experts in Hawaii were with the then LG Josh Green, MD
Green 99% a politician, has no medical board certifications or specialties.
He refused to read the Lancet COVID RESPONSE MODEL/recommendations correctly, nor would he listen to our experts. They produced a letter of concerns about several of Green’s poor decisions during the height of the COVID emergency. Instead of testing all post arrival travelers, he did voluntary sampling.
The DELTA wave (he allowed to fly in) killed more of us and overwhelmed our communities and hospitals.
He was more concerned with tourism.
ID specialist, Dr. Jonathan Dworkin’s book and former Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s book help to outline the challenges and events.
Further, Green is modeling very poor public Health behaviors now by refusing to wear a mask near Kupuna,
or anyone at his continuous photo op gatherings at the capital. He relayed that the former CDC director is maskless and he’s following her lead. 🙄
Mahalo for you’re
excellent points.