Slogans are for people who need to be told what to think.
Below is another article, focusing on the "magic" of social distancing.
First, I will allow myself to be bit mean to notice how epidemiologists came with very little new ideas to fight pandemic in more than 100 years. Quite upsetting considering the civic "compliance" - at least according to the author - was an issue then, diluting the success of all those wonderful measures, as it seems to be now. Well, if epidemiologist could not come up with the new ideas to fight pandemic, what did prevent them to account for the "effect" of civic disobediance and develop a better approach?
Furthermore, the science rests on the capacity to test a hypothesis. Retrospective analysis and its conclusions are legitimate and great way to develop ideas and hypotheses, yet the conclusions of such studies are irrelevant without the success of follow-up hypothesis testing. Considering we have been witnessing the resurrection of 100 year old measures for almost a year, one would assume hypothesis testing was possible and there is significant difference between the countries based on their implementation of the measures. Yet, there is not. Hence - scientifically - one can only conclude that aforementioned studies did not get it quite right, if right at all.
My third point is the observation: the graphs for different cities are discussed without acknowledging regional differences when it comes to influenza epidemic curves. They are also discussed without acknowledging that perhaps - based on similar studies - there could be the association of the timing of influenza acitivty with the severity.
In short, please do not confuse "a narrative" for science. Scientific method is a brilliant accomplishment. Unfortunately, nowadays, not everything posing as scientific conclusion is a result of scientific method.
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 ...
