I have 14 children, a wide range of interests and unpopular opinions.
Critics claim that non-experts could not possibly be right and that it is reckless, or even a sign of Dunning-Krueger, to listen to someone with an analysis that is not shared by a ‘consensus of experts’. And yet the experts have been wrong more often than not on their most apocalyptic prophecies, so a person […]
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Anyone who has expressed skepticism at the hysteria which has engulfed the world in recent weeks has, it seems, been the recipient of a great deal of vitriol. “Selfish” “Uncaring” “Offensive” “Murderer” “Ignorant” “Reckless” “Satan’s tool” “Damn liar” “Stupid” And the list goes on, but this is a PG-13 blog. In reality this is a […]
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The MSM and some experts are fixated on the ‘Flatten the Curve’ strategy for dealing with the spread of the Wuhan Virus. Their argument is that by slowing the rate of the spread of the virus we can prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed. Sounds like a good idea, right? In support of […]
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Fearmongers, virtue signalers and even a few otherwise well-intentioned people can’t get enough of telling other people what to do, and their favorite recent activity is reminding people about social distancing. Usually this is done without thought for how human suffering and death is aggravated by these policies with little to no evidence that the […]
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Governments, because power becomes more centralized and the perception is that only they can help. With the panic comes more debt, more spending, larger budgets and expanded payrolls that tend not to shrink after the ‘crisis’ is over. Media, because they now have round-the-clock urgent and continually changing content to report upon and more viewers […]
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We’ve all seen the relentless reporting about how Italian hospitals are overrun with Wuhan Virus victims. But the data from Italy begs the question; why? As of 1400 CDT today, Italy has recorded a total of 64,000 infections. Approximately 3,000 of those are listed as serious or critical. This 5% rate is similar to the […]
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Readers might remember the panicked reporting when the cruise ship The Diamond Princess discovered several passengers were sick with the Wuhan Virus. All 2,600 passengers were quarantined and the worst was assumed because of the tight quarters, the impossibility of ‘social distancing’, the same crew members cooking, cleaning and interacting with all the passengers, and […]
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This table attempts to provide context for the ‘crisis’. Numbers reported for all causes of death other than the Wuhan are based on 2019 annual numbers and estimated on a per day basis for 2020. Because the table merely attempts to provide context for the overwhelmingly lack of proportionality, please do not obsess over small […]
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“I am deeply concerned that the social, economic and public health consequences of this near total meltdown of normal life — schools and businesses closed, gatherings banned — will be long lasting and calamitous, possibly graver than the direct toll of the virus itself. The stock market will bounce back in time, but many businesses […]
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