Sorry for calling this good news but he was wrong about everything yet set global policy for decades. Plus today is the 6th annual “15 Days to Flatten the Curve Day”, commemorating the hoax put forth by Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci in 2020.
Based on completely wrong theories, he argued for policies that would kill off poor people. He was arrogant and evil yet set public policy for decades after he wrote his Population Bomb book, a book that was out of date and wrong the day it was published.
He predicted global famine would kill off hundreds of millions. But data shows he was not a little wrong,k he was off in space wrong. See the full thread for a list of his wrong predictions:
The NY Times does its usual – his predictions were not premature – they were fundamentally wrong.
- Paul Ehrlich: ‘Collapse of civilisation is a near certainty within decades’ | Cities | The Guardian
- Paul Ehrlich, scientist who predicted a dire future for humanity in The Population Bomb – obituary
- Paul Ehrlich’s bad ideas won’t go away | The Spectator
- Still Wrong! New Year’s Paul Ehrlich Interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes – Human Progress
- Paul Ehrlich: Even Worse than the New York Times Says He Is
- Paul Ehrlich: A New Rant from an Unrepentant Secular Doomsday Prophet | American Council on Science and Health
- The Unrealized Horrors of Population Explosion – The New York Times (archive -> The Unrealized Horrors of Population Explosion – The New York Times)
His book was wrong the day it was published as fertility rates were already crashing.
Why I have Lost All Trust in Experts
On a personal level, the “15 Days to Flatten the Curve” hoax led to my being prohibited from getting care for a broken foot, a delay which resulted in years of lower body problems. As I write this, I am suffering horribly from PCSK9 inhibitor poisoning. PCSK9 inhibitors are a class of drugs that cause SEVERE muscle and joint pain in many people with a side effect of dramatically lowering LDL. This too is a failure of science and policy.
I woke up this morning barely able to walk to the bathroom – and then, only by using a hiking pole.
I have been housebound for 3 months due to SEVERE PAIN. I realized I am also showing signs of an atypical allergic reaction to the PCSK9 poison (sold under brand names praluent and repatha). I am not in a good mood toward science at the moment. I predict (it’s probably more reliable than Ehrlich’s wrong predictions) that 1st gen PCSK9 inhibitors will be pulled from the market – about the day their patents expire and Gen 2 becomes available.
My new PA agrees that praluent is likely the cause of this SEVERE PAIN. I will be in touch with her this week. I took my last dose on March 7th and will be throwing out the $700 (out of pocket) remaining doses, never to touch this again. I am also to take another medication that costs $600 per month in the U.S. – or $20 per month when bought through a Canadian pharmacy. Pharma is among the most corrupt industries in history.
It will take an estimated 3+ months to recover from the damage wrought by this horrible drug.
Since mid-2020, I have lost all trust in public health and science – I doubt that trust will be restored in my lifetime.
For those that visit this page via search for praluent or repatha – here are the symptoms
(This will eventually end up as a separate post).
About 3 weeks after starting praluent, I developed pain in the outside of both hips.
Gradually, over many weeks, the pain spread to my thigh and gluteal muscles.
In another month, I could no longer go for walks – before this I was walking many miles per day, including hills and long outdoor stairway climbs.
I began to develop pain on the outside of my lower legs just above the ankle. This would eventually become severe at times, particularly after standing for a period of time (walking/movement was not as bad as standing).
By 3 months, the top of my feet began to swell up with non-pitting edema. Normally, if you have fluid build up, due to gravity, the swelling would be on the bottom or sides of the feet, not on the top. It would also be pitting edema. This now appears, to me, to be an atypical allergic reaction causing angioedema. I’ve been through this before with the discovery of food allergies – which led to swelling just like this. But food cleared out of my body within hours and the reaction would then stop – unlike praluent which can take months to clear out of the system. Thus, I now have constantly swollen feet.
About this time, the pain became far worse and at times for the past 3 months I have been unable to walk without the use of one or two hiking poles, taking just 3 inch long steps. The pain at times is unbearable. The pain is also random – I might go days with pain just in front of the outer hip – and then a week with the hip pain only in the gluteal region.
I have read through over 1,000 user comments about repatha at drugs.com, mayoclinic.com and at other online sources – each describing the personal terror they have gone through on the PCSK9 poison. A published, peer reviewed paper went through the FDA Adverse Events database and found that muscle pain is by far the 2nd most common issue with praluent – second only to “administration” (injection issues, injection reactions including bruising or bleeding). But as long as no one died, the FDA concludes the reaction is “mild” – even if you cannot walk and are in severe pain.
