Talk:Gridiron Club

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:29, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:BRD "No cases of serious illness resulted from the dinner."

Citing RS from April 9 and April 10, the article says:

The 2022 dinner on April 2 became a COVID superspreader event when at least 72 people tested positive, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

Based on an April 8 article, Bueller 007 twice added to the article "No cases of serious illness resulted from the dinner."[1][2]

IMO, that phrasing overstates the source cited, which quotes one attendee saying "so far" no serious cases were reported:

So far, there are no reports of any symptoms more serious than a sore throat or mild fever, said Tom DeFrank, a contributing editor for National Journal and president of the Gridiron Club.

One would need a later source, and a stronger statement to support B007's phrasing. Per BRD, I removed that claim and ask for consensus before restoring it. HouseOfChange (talk) 21:24, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Per a 4/19 statement by former surgeon general Jerome Adams, there are reasons NOT to promote the idea that the Gridiron dinner was harmless:

Every news report of an infected [Gridiron] attendee doing “well” doesn’t mention the likely more vulnerable workers who may have been exposed is perpetuating health inequities. Another source of possible inequity involves availability of treatment. How many of the diagnosed attendees at this event were given oral antiviral treatment – treatment that still isn’t available to most Americans and may not have been available to the workers at the event? Suggesting everyone infected has had a mild case without including key variables, such as access to treatment, encourages others to engage in risky behaviors without all the tools and knowledge to protect themselves.

I don't think the proposed addition was an improvement. HouseOfChange (talk) 22:37, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Are you seriously making the argument that an encyclopedia (which is supposed to report truth) should choose what to include or not include based on potential social consequences? Bueller 007 (talk) 20:56, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Glad to see B007 accepted the change to "as of April 8." HouseOfChange (talk) 22:58, 4 May 2022 (UTC)