Follow up: California drought likely to continue into 2023
100% wrong: As California’s 2022 water year ends this week, the parched state is bracing for another dry year — its fourth in a row. So far, in California’s recorded…
Follow up: “XBB.1.5 to be “deadliest wave in pandemic history”
Another “expert” prediction crashed and burned to the ground. Jacob B. Aguilar, PhD on Twitter: “I wish all a prosperous 2023. However, in realty the XBB.1.5 SUPER variant is exploding…
Follow up: ChatGPT will not transform economy
A prediction, too early to follow up but given his track record, we can assume this forecast will not be true. ChatGPT Won’t Transform the Economy in the Next Decade:…
Follow up: Oregon expects to see an upsurge in Covid and flu in 2022-2023 season
Studies from the Oregon Health and Science University suggest that COVID-19 cases will rise this fall, and we can expect to see a flu season comparable to pre-pandemic years. Source:…
Follow up: Jet passenger killed by turbulence?
March 3, 2023 After the March 3d, 2023 incident, there was much publicity about a former government official killed “by turbulence” while her family flew on a private jet flight.…
Follow up: NY Times-“The evidence that high inflation is coming is weak”.
It takes a special kind of expert to be wrong more often than a coin flip. Here, the NY Times tells us in Feb 2021 that inflation will remain low…
Today is the 3rd annual “15 days to flatten the curve” National Holiday
Today is the 3rd annual “15 days to flatten the curve” National Holiday. Most people celebrate it on March 15, but I celebrate on February 27th. How about you? This…
Mission Creep: What happened to public health?
Dating to the 1700s and earlier the roots of public health had been the noblest of endeavors, doctors and engineers collaborating for smarter hygiene and infrastructure. Up through World War…
Follow up: Experts said we would happily live with Covid restrictions for eternity
Most articles I read during the pandemic crowed that the bulk of humanity was ready to embrace a constricted life indefinitely, if it also meant a (possibly) safer life. In…
Follow up: “The winter COVID wave that wasn’t”
Despite projections the U.S. could see more than 100 million COVID-19 cases this fall and winter, the country did not experience a true winter wave for the first time. Source:…