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More consistency!

2021 August 5

Good to know. Or something.

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Axios notes the confusing messaging from public health experts

2021 August 4

Trust has been lost: “The Biden administration’s handling of the Delta surge has left Americans confused and frustrated, fueling media overreaction and political manipulation,” Axios’ Mike Allen wrote over the…

Environment Public Health/Nutrition

52 billion face masks were thrown away in 2020

2021 August 4

Good thing this environmental degradation was for a good cause – it stopped Covid dead in its tracks!

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Heh – Company CEO favors tax on his competitors

2021 August 2

Laughable: The founder of the world’s biggest plant-based meat company has suggested that a tax on meat could help tackle some of the problems from growing meat consumption. Source: Beyond…

Media

Media remains innumerate

2021 August 2

Yep.

Public Health/Nutrition

Masks for vaccinated people are ‘mostly about protecting the unvaccinated’ says NIH Director

2021 August 1

Confusing messaging, again: The Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, acknowledged that new COVID-19 restrictions are primarily about protecting unvaccinated Americans as cases of the Delta…

Automation Emerging Technology Software/Tech

Remember that shortage of software developers?

2021 August 1

Low-code platforms allow ordinary people to develop extraordinary apps that solve everyday business problems. Source: The untapped potential of citizen developers This has been underway for quite some time as…

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Australia’s smart phone contact tracing app found 17 potential “cases”

2021 July 30

The Australian government says its COVIDSafe app identified 2,827 potential close contacts from 37,668 encounters in NSW and Victoria. Only 17 cases in NSW were identified separately to manual contact…

Humor Public Health/Nutrition

Did you know that Covid can tell the difference between a wedding and a funeral attendee?

2021 July 30

Amazing – SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t target funeral attendees, only targets wedding attendees. Can weddings go ahead? People are not allowed to attend or hold a wedding in greater Sydney. What about…

Business Crime/Corruption Energy Environment

Six US States ban the sale of high end gaming computers because “climate change”

2021 July 29

My house is powered by solar photovoltaic panels – why should my use of a gaming PC be prohibited? I generate my own power, carbon free. US States California, Colorado,…

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Dangerous Books

  • The Homocysteine Revolution, by Kilmer McCully, M.D.
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  • Expired: Covid the untold story, by Dr. Clare Craig
  • Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet, by Marian L. Tupy, Ph.D., Gale L. Pooley, Ph.D.
  • Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classifications in America by Prof. David E. Bernstein, JD

Climate

I have done a LOT to reduce carbon emissions, but climate hypocrites, and unworkable and unsustainable proposals to fix things have evolved my perspective.

  • What We Did to Reduce Emissions
  • The media lied about Phoenix temperatures
  • Climate Hypocrites, Part 1
  • Climate Hypocrites, Part 2
  • What Experts Say We Must Do
  • Climate, Wildfires: Is everything a single variable problem?
  • Media running out of superlatives and adjectives for climate
  • Climate is no longer a factor in our choices

Media

  • Myths widely promoted by news media
  • How to Show You Know Nothing of History

Covid-19

  • Covid Hypocrites, Part 1
  • Covid Hypocrites, Part 2
  • Elite Experts who "did beyond everything right" and still got Covid-19
  • Courts rule against Covid-19 public health restrictions
  • 2006: Global pandemic experts found most pandemic mitigations do not work
  • 2019: World Health Organization found most pandemic policies do not work
  • 2019: WHO: Non-pharmaceutical public health measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic influenza
  • 2020: CDC: Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures
  • 2023: Cochrane Review: Do physical measures such as hand-washing or wearing masks stop or slow down the spread of respiratory viruses?

International

  • Why you need global skills
  • The "World Happiness Index" is nonsense

Retirement

Are you saving too much for retirement? Very likely and partly because you'll spend less than expected.

Series

  • Population Demographics
  • College Degrees no longer as useful?
  • "Follow Up" - prediction failures
  • Public Health Nonsense

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