Slogans are for people who need to be told what to think.
As a scientist, I cannot believe I've read something like an article below, published as part of Nature news. First let us talk about the title. "Science supports that face covering are saving lives..." Unfounded opinions of several scientists, unchallenged, and few pre-prints and publication, never reporduced or properly reviewed by scientific community (outside peer-review process) is hardly "science". Moreover, it si hardly "enough of evidence". Especially, when most of chitchat of the article sounds like promo for a study that is about to start?!
So, let us answer author's question: how much evidence is enough?
Actually, one firm, undesputable evidence is more than enough. If there is a debate then evidence is not firm and more research is required. As simple as that. Just as several very credible scientists pointed out; most of the current evidence on masks does not tell us whether masks protect and reduce rate of infection within the general population - with emphasis on the general population. Why? The scientific conclusion is contextual. A man who sits on the chair is not moving if observed from few feet away. If observed from the universe, he is moving, as Earth rotates. Different context. Different conclusion. Hence, the only way to test whether masks are saving lives of general population, during a pandemic, is to actually test them, in the general population, during pandemic.
Nature news - please do better.
This was a very late recording contrasting two news articles about Omicron - so called "Covid super-strain".
I know I haven't been around lately...work...life...However, the 12-years-old clip popped into my feed and I wanted to share it. The reason? This clip provides the great basic understanding into what are the issues with so-called "evidence" related to anthropogenic (human-induced) climate change and the lack of logic when it comes to the interpretation of such evidence. The sad reality is that even after 12 years from this clip, we are still forced to endure nonsensical conclusions that hurricanes hitting Florida are caused by big bad climate change.
The mainstream media is doubling down on the alarmism, and it is not hard to guess why. However, to be fair, consider my little observation an educated guess, an opinion, rather than the fact. Time will show whether I am right.
(1) 'Climate change affects everyone': Europe battles wildfires in intense heat by Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/spain-portugal-battle-wildfires-heatwaves-scorch-southern-europe-2022-07-17/)
If you spent time in Southern Europe, Mediterranean, during summer season - July and August in particular - you probably know that heat-induced wildfires are nothing new. In fact, they are quite common and remarkably devastating for the affected communities, and I have witnessed several in person. Most of the time, the wildfires occur due to heat igniting grasses, especially in the areas where there are broken glass or broken bottles. The glass serves as an amplifier for the sun rays, especially, in the vicinity of dry grasses, or even dry pine needles, and as ...
