Follow up: Snow falls are just a thing of the past
Media meme of the day: "Snow falls are just a thing of the past". They were wrong. Again.
Public health: Recognition that lockdowns were wrong
May be lockdowns didn't work, caused much harm, and you know, were sort of stupid. Times have changed.
Climate
Dueling Experts
Health-Healthcare
Nation of Idiots
Policy/Government
Public Health/Nutrition
Climate: We must ban all meat consumption
Or, we could just ignore the experts who are generally wrong about everything.
Climate: Must ban all cars, only ride bikes and walk
To save the climate, we must urgently ban all cars, including EVs - only bicycling can save us in time. Or walking. It's Just Science.
Climate: It is a “murder project”
Exaggerated hysteria, fear-based, untrue headlines and claims are click-bait. Doomers love it.
Climate: Climate change causes earthquakes? asks NBC
Betteridge's Law of Headlines strikes again - the answer is No.
Climate: Proponents of “degrowth” say must grow their field of study first
Science has become a joke. Paper in Nature advocates economic degrowth, but first, we must give more funding and grow the degrowth complex.
Public health: No or little evidence that NPIs worked to stop Covid-19 transmission
UK study finds that lock downs and non-pharmaceutical interventions to stop Covid - did not work. Duh.
Social: Combat disinformation via thinking
What a radical concept – so radical this just might work! “Instead of relying on regulation, we should be relying on building more robust social resilience,” said Vilas Dhar, president…
Public health: King County may rehire those it fired over vaccine mandates
The County lost hundreds of employees over vaccine mandates. Hundreds were fired and hundreds more resigned to avoid being fired. Now, faced with a labor shortage – in some departments,…