Public health: Remember monkeypox?
I’m so old, I remember when an expert predicted everyone would have Monkeypox by July: Follow up: Monkeypox projection made May 24, 2022 – Coldstreams Then it was revised to…
Demographics, Media: “Staggering visualization shows the world’s population at 8 billion”
The reporter is 100% unaware of the global decline in fertility rates and as a consequence writes a scary headline news report that is disinformation: And, looking at those numbers,…
Public health: Ten pages of Covid rules for a Nov 2022 event
Ten single spaced pages of Covid restrictions to attend a “con”-like event in mid-November 2022! Kumoricon » COVID-19 Expectations for Kumoricon 2022 Mandatory vaccination or lab/pharmacy issued negative PCR/Rapid test…
Great example of randomness of Covid protection rules
A huge event in Chicago (C2E2) run by Reed Pop Entertainment on Aug 5-7, where community Covid risk is HIGH, did not require face masks. A nearly identical event (ECCC)…
Cool! CDC says Covid can be used to treat TBI, anxiety and depression in children
And to treat asthma in ages 12-17 or chronic kidney disease among 2-4 year olds! Is there anything Covid can’t do!!!! Or it could be that like most all CDC…
By age 23, climate/fossil fuels protester has spent 5 years traveling the world to exotic locations
The female protestor who sparked fury today when she glued herself to priceless artwork in the National Gallery has been accused of being a jet-setting sailor who has racked up…
Red Bull ‘plane swap’ stunt violated FAA rules and crashed the plane
They should have hired Trevor Jacob for this! Pilots Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington were unable to complete the never-before-seen stunt as one plane went out of control. Source: First…
Good: Government sues HobbyKing over sale of illegal RC transmitters
The U.S. government Thursday filed a civil action in federal court in Portland against drone distributor HobbyKing to collect a $2.8 million fine for selling and marketing unauthorized communication devices…
Follow up on Czechia: “no question” their success was due to face masks
I save bookmarks of past forecasts for future follow up. Steven Kashkett of USA Today claimed in July of 2020 that Czechia proved face masks worked to stop Covid-19. He…
Follow up: Fiegl-Ding says UK is killing people
Fiegl-Ding’s claim did not age well. In mid-July, Eric Feigl-Ding, a nutritionist who fashioned himself as an epidemiologist, said the UK’s Covid plans would kill people in this superlative laden…
Random correlations are not science conclusions
About as weak a study as you can find: Link between wildfires and COVID cases established. This poor quality paper is receiving mountains of press coverage purporting to link the…
Parody: “Counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards bound for New Orleans seized by U.S. Customs”
The level of idiocy in the country is amazing. Last spring you could download the PDF file from official government public health web sites and print them yourself. You can…
Canada’s smart phone Covid-19 tracking app found to be mostly worthless
I pointed out in the spring of 2020, and several times since then, that smartphone based Covid-19 tracking apps were essentially worthless and applying tech in a way that would…
Economist shows correlation between economists and idiots
R^2 = 0.25. This is not a correlation. In case he deletes the chart
Today is 14 weeks after Michael Osterholm said the U.S. would get far worse, worse than ever, within 14 weeks
It is 14 weeks, as of today. Cases have fallen off a cliff since Osterholm not only made his projection, but spread it widely via television and mass media outlets.…