“Stanford’s position on epidemic management in our community is clear. We support the conduct of masks, social distance and surveillance and diagnostic testing. We also believe in the importance of strictly following the guidance of local and state health officials,” the university said in a tweet.
“Dr. Atlas has expressed opinions that are inconsistent with the university’s approach to responding to the epidemic. Dr. Atlas’s statements reflect his personal views, not those of the Hoover Institution or the University.”
“You get what you accept.
“We know the White House prefers to isolate us here, especially in Michigan. I will not blame reputable scientists and medical professionals for not following,” Whitmer told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday evening.
Speaking to Fox News on Monday, Atlas – who removed the reference to the Hoover Institution in his Twitter handle – said he was not trying to “threaten or incite violence”, but was simply “not very good on Twitter.”
“I am responding to literally thousands of emails from people across the country,” Atlas said, urging “find out how to end the lockdown,” including family members of those killed in the suicide bombings.
“And so what I mean, and I’m sorry I’m not very expressive on Twitter, is that you have to hear your voice if you want to change things,” he explained. “I meant nothing more than that.”
Unlike government medical experts who advised President Donald Trump in the early months of the epidemic, Atlas took a public stance on the virus near the president – declaring the idea that schools would not be able to reopen this fall as “dementia”. To resume the sport of college ledge.
“He’s working with us and will work with us on coronavirus,” Trump said in August. “And he has a lot of great ideas. And he thinks what we did is really good, and now we’re going to take it to a new level.”
CNN’s Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptk contributed to this report.
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