Krugman on Cholera Tweet: ‘I Got Sloppy’

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In this piece, Paul Krugman, an Op-Ed columnist for The Times and a Nobel laureate, reflects on sending an inaccurate tweet about the presence of cholera in Puerto Rico.

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On cholera, in the heat of the moment, I got sloppy. I saw a tweet about cholera from someone I usually take seriously, assumed there was reporting behind it, and tweeted it out. I was wrong, and admitted the error.

That’s a warning about Twitter, and how easy it is to be careless; I will be more careful next time.

What’s important is not to let some exaggeration distract from the terrible reality in Puerto Rico.