President Biden's covid advisor, @ashishkjha, waited until Dec. 2022 (right after leaving government service) to tell the country that "[t]here is no study in the world that shows that masks work that well." What took him so long?

Said advisor's twitter bio

Physician, researcher, advocate for notion that an ounce of data is worth a thousand pounds of opinion

Obviously this guy is a political hack, but him putting that stupid aphorism front and center has me wondering if he even understands the function of his profession enough to lie about it.

President Biden's covid advisor, @ashishkjha, waited until Dec. 2022 (right after leaving government service) to tell the country that "[t]here is no study in the world that shows that masks work that well." What took him so long?

Said advisor's twitter bio

Physician, researcher, advocate for notion that an ounce of data is worth a thousand pounds of opinion

Obviously this guy is a political hack, but him putting that stupid aphorism front and center has me wondering if he understands the significance of his profession enough to lie about it.