What Is the Broken Window Fallacy?
The Broken Window FallacyIn Bastiat’s tale, a boy breaks a window. The townspeople looking on decide that the boy has actually done the community a service because his father will…
Cases continue dropping after CDC reduced mask requirements
Some things we now know N95s work, certified surgical masks work somewhat less, in medical settings, and home made cloth masks of unknown materials, design and construction were likely ineffective.…
Why masks had essentially no effect on Covid-19 spread
Why are masks so ineffective, even if we presume that they are effective? Because almost everybody that is wearing them does not have COVID-19. So in those people, there is…
Follow up in mid June: Post holiday spike in cases?
Despite all the experts and the media proclaiming post holiday surges – there have been none so far. Let’s follow up in a couple of weeks and take a look…
Funny that: Now that cases are dropping, the “experts” credit vaccines, not masks
The CDC Director told Congress that masks were more effective than vaccines. Repeatedly, the “experts” have told us that “masks work” even though epicurves per 100k population are virtually identical…
Follow up: Eric Feigl-Ding was 99% certain of a surge in April and May
Feigl-Ding projected, with “99% certain” confidence that another “surge is on the way in April or May” due to variants. He was not just a little wrong, he was completely…
Face masks are now a NPI to treat anxiety
Face masks were to protect others from droplet transmission (for a disease subsequently determined to spread primarily by aerosols and not large droplets). On social media, there are numerous posts…
Bummer: Study finds mask usage not associated with slower spread of Covid-19
Conclusions: Mask mandates and use are not associated with slower state-level COVID-19 spread during COVID-24 19 growth surges. Containment requires future research and implementation of existing efficacious strategies. Source: 28966804…
Bike related head and brain injuries among adults remain high
“The fact is that bicycling leads to the highest number of ER visits for traumatic brain injury in the U.S.,” he said. The threat to adults is especially dire.”With an…
How The CDC Change on Mask Guidance Set Off Confusion in States and Cities
Yes, the CDC Director said that masks are more effective than vaccines. This was followed by 90+% mask wearing compliance last fall as daily new cases increased by an order…
CDC announces fully vaccinated no longer need to wear face masks when on Zoom teleconferences
CDC announced today that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear face masks when on Zoom teleconference calls, and no longer need to wear their face mask for social…
Climate change requires “degrowth” say “experts”
Presumably the authors of this study will agree to demonstrate “degrowth” by cutting their own salaries, their departments and their university budgets. They can go first, right? “We can still…
July 2020: “CDC director says face masks may offer more protection against COVID than a vaccine”
Redfield first said this in mid-July 2020. Redfield said if Americans wore face masks for several weeks, “we would bring this pandemic under control,” because there is scientific evidence they…
After 13 months: “CDC admits coronavirus is airborne, can be transmitted more than 6 feet away”
Apparently, it’s time for increased ventilation and actual N95 masks then? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finally acknowledging something that health experts have been saying for a…