Covid-2019 - 2022-08-05

The New York Times has managed to find yet another angle of attack against anyone who would presume to have an opinion about public health other than anointed government experts. This time, someone put video of a young woman on TikTok, and online users said she must have Monkeypox (and apparently she really didn't). To be sure, this is unfortunate on a number of levels. But, seriously, is it accurate for the Times to claim that "a new form of social-media vigilantism has emerged"? The irony is that the Times is doing exactly what the Times is decrying: misdiagnosis and exaggeration.