2nd Follow Up: RSV, Flu and Covid all trending downwards
A rough respiratory virus season in the US appears to be easing, as three major respiratory viruses that have battered the country for the past few months are finally all…
Follow up: “Will Thanksgiving make a bad season of respiratory illness even worse?”
The Experts’ Prediction: As the holiday approaches, infectious disease specialists are bracing for the possibility that big family get-togethers and travel will propel the spread of RSV, flu and COVID-19.…
Follow up: “Respiratory viruses could surge following the holidays, public health experts warn”
The experts could not get a 2-week disease projection correct. Scary expert projections of even the near future turn out wrong.
Followup: Economic forecasts were wrong, like most expert forecasts
As inflation surged over the last two years, the Fed and leading private-sector forecasters were persistently behind the curve, seeing it as a temporary phenomenon that would eventually fade. Source:…
Follow up: Norway Court drops charges against individual flying a drone over Svalbard
In response to Russia’s war on Ukraine, Norway banned Russian aircraft from flying over Norway, or the operation of non-Russian registered aircraft by a Russian citizen. The bureaucrats interpreted the…
Follow up: Expert prediction on monkeypox
I’m so old, I remember months ago when monkeypox would take over the world and we would all die. “Expert” Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, famous for urging closing of U.S. schools…
Follow up: Twitter will break in coming weeks
Nov 8, 2022: One insider says the company’s current staffing isn’t able to sustain the platform. Source: Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks…
Why it is a good idea to ignore expert predictions
Adjacent headlines on CNBC this morning
Public health follow up: Feigl-Ding’s Mother of God fear mongering Covid variants
Prediction: Actual: The blue line is Feigl-Ding’s prediction for Covid cases. The black line is what has actually happened combing all the variants. Full discussion –> Prof. Michael S Fuhrer…
Public health, Follow up: Yet another superspreader event that didn’t
FanX, a “comic con” like fan event, had up to 125,000 attendees over 3 days at the Salt Palace convention center in Salt Lake City, UT – Sep 22-24, 2022.…