Stanford distances itself from Dr. Scott Atlas after he urges resistance to public health measures https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/16/politics/atlas-stanford-coronavirus-michigan/ Stanford University on Monday evening distanced itself from White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the school's Hoover Institution, after he urged Michigan residents to "rise up" against new public health measures. "Stanford's position on managing the pandemic in our community is clear. We support using masks, social distancing, and conducting surveillance and diagnostic testing. We also believe in the importance of strictly following the guidance of local and state health authorities," the university said in a tweet. "Dr. Atlas has expressed views that are inconsistent with the university's approach in response to the pandemic. Dr. Atlas's statements reflect his personal views, not those of the Hoover Institution or the university." Atlas had criticized Michigan's new Covid-19 restrictions in a tweet shortly after they were announced Sunday evening, writing, "The only way this stops is if people rise up." "You get what you accept. #FreedomMatters #StepUp," he said. The message -- which runs counter to the consensus of public health officials -- immediately fueled new tension between the White House and Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, whom federal and state officials announced last month was the target of an alleged domestic terrorism kidnapping plot. Responding to Atlas' tweet Sunday evening, Whitmer told CNN's Wolf Blitzer, "We know that the White House likes to single us out here in Michigan, me out in particular. I'm not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals." Speaking to Fox News on Monday, Atlas -- who removed a reference to the Hoover Institution in his Twitter handle -- said he wasn't trying to "threaten or incite violence" but rather is just "not very good at Twitter." Atlas said the tweet was in response to "literally thousands of emails I get from people all over the country, begging me to figure out how to end the lockdowns," including from family members of people who have died by suicide amid restrictions. "And so what I meant, and I'm sorry I'm not very articulate on Twitter, is that basically if you want to change things you have to have your voices heard," he explained. "I didn't mean anything more than that." Unlike the government medical experts who advised President Donald Trump in the early months of the pandemic, Atlas has adopted a public stance on the virus much closer to the President's -- including decrying the idea that schools cannot reopen this fall as "hysteria" and pushing for the resumption of college sports. "He's working with us and will be working with us on the coronavirus," Trump said in August. "And he has many great ideas. And he thinks what we've done is really good, and now we'll take it to a new level."
Let's take a look at the latest Atlas news.... Stanford faculty is demanding that the Hoover Institution be given the boot --- while health officials want Scott Atlas banished. COVID-19 falsehoods lead Stanford to examine ties to right-wing Hoover Institution https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-11-17/stanford-hoover-institution ‘He’s a Destructive Force’: Health Officials Want Scott Atlas Banished https://www.thedailybeast.com/healt...atlas-banished-saying-hes-a-destructive-force
When you say "lets", you mean you, right? Because its doubtful anyone else cares about this guy at this point.
As noted earlier Scott Atlas has been sidelined. The other White House coronavirus task force members revolted and refused to meet if he was in the room. Now Scott Atlas has been given the heave-ho... Dr. Scott Atlas resigns as special adviser to Trump on coronavirus https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dr-scott-atlas-resigns-special-adviser-trump-coronavirus The guy is an idiot and will not be missed.
Look which other clown pushing bullshiat is no longer on Twitter... After Twitter deleted the Qanon accounts he had few followers. Scott Atlas, controversial former Trump adviser, deletes Twitter account https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/12/scott-atlas-deletes-twitter-account/ Scott Atlas, the radiologist who served for much of 2020 as President Trump’s most controversial coronavirus adviser, deleted his Twitter account this week, he confirmed to STAT, apparently in response to the social media site’s removal of many accounts following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. “In my view, Twitter has become a destructive place that mainly inflames extreme thinking and disseminates distortions, rather than elucidating factual information and respectful, civilized discussion,” Atlas said in an email. Atlas deleted his account amid Twitter’s purge of users it says spread misinformation following the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Tuesday, Twitter said in a blog post that it had suspended more than 70,000 accounts “primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content.” It said in many cases multiple accounts were held by a single person. This, the company said, would mean some people’s follower counts would decrease. “In some cases, these actions may have resulted in follower count changes in the thousands,” Twitter wrote. Monday night at 5:44 p.m ET, Atlas posted to Twitter: “I have lost 12k followers in the past few days. Just FYI.” Tuesday morning, his account was gone. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed that Atlas deleted the account of his own accord. Atlas, who has no clear expertise in epidemiology, infectious diseases, or virology, was selected by Trump in August 2020 to be an adviser to the White House’s coronavirus task force. Before taking the role, he had spoken publicly in favor of the idea that the virus could be fought through “herd immunity,” allowing it to infect people who were younger and healthier in order to prevent transmission. Infectious disease experts were highly critical of the idea, which they said would not work. Atlas reportedly advocated following such a strategy in the U.S., drawing criticism from public health experts. “The administration’s now hired this Stanford guy who has no background at all just because he agrees with their crackpot theories,” Bill Gates, the co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, told STAT in September. In October, dozens of researchers and doctors affiliated with Stanford University signed an open letter to “call attention to the falsehoods and misrepresentations of science” attributed to Atlas. On Nov. 15, Atlas used his Twitter account to encourage a citizen uprising in Michigan, where Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, had imposed a new set of Covid-19 restrictions, dubbed a “lockdown,” in light of a wave of new cases there. “The only way this stops is if people rise up,” he wrote. “You get what you accept.” His remarks drew instant criticism for appearing to incite violence, though he later argued he had only advocated that “people peacefully protest.” Michigan had already been the site of violent protests; six months earlier, thousands of protesters — many armed — had demonstrated outside and inside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, railing against public health restrictions. And in October, a month before Atlas’s tweet, federal law enforcement arrested over a dozen men engaged in a plot to kidnap Whitmer. Atlas resigned from his White House post on Nov. 30.