Tom Meyvis

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Tom Meyvis

Tom Meyvis

@tm12am

Professor of Marketing at Stern School of Business, New York University. Studies consumer psychology, experimental research methods, and decision making.

New York City Katılım Eylül 2011
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Tom Meyvis
Tom Meyvis@tm12am·
It's expensive, but we spent trillions on stimulus to counter-act the economic effects of this pandemic. We're talking $1 tests here - we can have every child tested every day in school/at home so we can keep schools open without infecting parents/grand-parents. 6/
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Tom Meyvis@tm12am·
A month ago, this self-test kit sold for $4 in Europe, $24 at Walgreens, & $14 at Wal-Mart (now $20 & largely unavailable). It costs $1 for Abbott to produce a test. Serious price gouging by name brands during a public emergency. We need(ed) real competition & gvmt action🧵
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@dggoldst For a few weeks, I was happy that the NYTimes spelling bee only allowed me to find a certain amount of words without a crossword subscription. Even told colleagues I would have paid for that (limiting) feature. Then I got frustrated and paid for the subscription.
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Dan Goldstein@dggoldst·
Would we pay more to access a site that lets us play multiple wordles a day or to not access a site that lets us play multiple wordles a day?
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So if you're elderly with diabetes & asthma and have severe COVID symptoms, you are only allowed to receive this very scarce, effective, and coveted drug if you refused to be vaccinated? I understand the risk-based reasoning, but it doesn't feel great. coronavirus.health.ny.gov/oral-antivirals
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Pfizer's Paxlovid is our best treatment for omicron complications. Unfortunately, NYC's limited allocation is already exhausted. Who's eligible to receive it? - immuno-compromised - nursing home residents - elderly with a risk factor BUT ONLY IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED
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Needless to say, I ignored that. She kept testing and tested negative after 9 days. The point being that the CDC's disparaging of antigen tests (in part to obfuscate other reasons: not wanting ppl to stop masking or just lack of availability) can do some real damage. 7/7
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They told me "she should stop testing and gotten out of quarantine after 5 days since people test pos up to 90 days." Not with antigen tests! So, my Dr's office said that my likely contagious wife should stop quarantining from her immuno-compromised husband based on CDC BS. 6/
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Tom Meyvis@tm12am·
This also affects MDs/RNs. My wife tested positive with a at-home antigen test and went into quarantine. When she was still testing positive with the antigen test 6 days later, I reached out to my Dr's office for advice since I'm severely immuno-compromised. 5/
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Tom Meyvis@tm12am·
Or CDC's reluctance to push people to wear N95 masks instead of cloth/surgical. CDC seems to assume that saying this will lead those without N95 to stop wearing masks altogether. Would be nice if N95 were cheaper/more available, but obfuscation doesn't change reality. 4/
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Tom Meyvis@tm12am·
We've seen these misleading communications from the CDC before. Like when they initially said that masks don't work because the virus will get through (while they actually didn't want people to hoard PPE as hospitals needed them). 3/
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CDC knows many are still contagious after 5 days & 2 neg antigen tests would rule this out. But bc tests are hard to find (partly bc of CDC & FDA policy) & bc they're afraid people will stop masking, they do not require the neg test (official argument: "it's not perfect"). 2/
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Tom Meyvis@tm12am·
Another excellent article by @zeynep on how the CDC has let us down. A lot seems to come down to CDC officials making psychological assumptions rather than being straight with people. 🧵 nytimes.com/2022/01/05/opi…
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@StephMTully So sorry Steph. Hope you recover quickyl! M. got it last Sun. Mild symptoms but then she fainted & had to go to ER for stitches. So annoyed at those saying we’re making a big deal about a simple cold. The NYC hospital where I get treatment is a mess now too (staff down, hosp up)
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Stephanie Tully
Stephanie Tully@StephMTully·
I’m double vaxxed, boosted & generally healthy. Got together with 2 other families for the holidays, & we had all tested - before getting together. I now have nearly every Covid symptom & just confirmed with a + test. Nothing mild about this & I start teaching next Tuesday…
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