[Farm93]

I know some Stanford docs on campus and they are "horrified". They are PO'ed beyond belief that the general public thinks he's a Stanford doc. He left almost 10 years ago to pursue his interest in health policy. He was apparently an ok guy, but is totally out of his league in addressing a pandemic, they say.

Question: How much power does the Hoover Institute have over its "members"?

What percentage of the US population know who Scott Atlas is?  And of that probably fairly small group, how many associate him with Stanford?  And of that even smaller group, how many think worse of Stanford because of it.

Whether he should be fired or not I’m not commenting on. But I do think folks here get a little too “worked up” over the Stanford connection. Because I truly doubt a whole heck of a lot of people make that connection or care.

Lex, 

Maybe on FoxNews his credentials aren't covered.   Someone else would need to chime in on the coverage of Atlas on FoxNews, OAN and Newsmax.   However, on CNN, NBC, CBS and other networks and major news sites like Usatoday they have profiled the guy many, many times. 

I never heard of Atlas prior to this year, but I know he is a Stanford MD from TV coverage.   I think I discovered on Thecardboard that he is really a Hoover person, but I am very confident his CV has been covered several times on major news networks to a point that most politically engaged Americans would know he is a Stanford person.  In fact, that "Stanford" brand name is tossed in to reinforce that this is not some Youtube/Facebook/Twitter dude without any medical education, so I suspect many know that part of his CV even if they know little else.

FWIW - I would think he has crossed the grounds to be fired now.  The herd immunity is a viable pandemic strategy, and certainly one that others have presented.   So that would not be termination worthy, IMHO.   However, advocating to rise up against a government official and/or her health safety orders seems like too much.   Probably doesn't matter though.   In 60 days his career as a federal government official will be over.  Then he can start making money on Parler or other similar sites.

[Farm93]

I know some Stanford docs on campus and they are "horrified". They are PO'ed beyond belief that the general public thinks he's a Stanford doc. He left almost 10 years ago to pursue his interest in health policy. He was apparently an ok guy, but is totally out of his league in addressing a pandemic, they say.

Question: How much power does the Hoover Institute have over its "members"?

What percentage of the US population know who Scott Atlas is?  And of that probably fairly small group, how many associate him with Stanford?  And of that even smaller group, how many think worse of Stanford because of it.

Whether he should be fired or not I’m not commenting on. But I do think folks here get a little too “worked up” over the Stanford connection. Because I truly doubt a whole heck of a lot of people make that connection or care.

Lex, 

Maybe on FoxNews his credentials aren't covered.   Someone else would need to chime in on the coverage of Atlas on FoxNews, OAN and Newsmax.   However, on CNN, NBC, CBS and other networks and major news sites like Usatoday they have profiled the guy many, many times. 

I never heard of Atlas prior to this year, but I know he is a Stanford MD from TV coverage.   I think I discovered on Thecardboard that he is really a Hoover person, but I am very confident his CV has been covered several times on major news networks to a point that most politically engaged Americans would know he is a Stanford person.  In fact, that "Stanford" brand name is tossed in to reinforce that this is not some Youtube/Facebook/Twitter dude without any medical education, so I suspect many know that part of his CV even if they know little else.

FWIW - I would think he has crossed the grounds to be fired now.  The herd immunity is a viable pandemic strategy, and certainly one that others have presented.   So that would not be termination worthy, IMHO.   However, advocating to rise up against a government official and/or her health safety orders seems like too much.   Probably doesn't matter though.   In 60 days his career as a federal government official will be over.  Then he can start making money on Parler or other similar sites.