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global health policy in 2020 has centered around NPI's (non-pharmaceutical interventions) like distancing, masks, school closuresthese have been sold as a way to stop infection as though this were science.this

adventures in presuming your conclusion: FT edition 11.0.this graph is a disgrace. it presumes a 2 factor world of "protect economy" and "protect lives."it ignores the overwhelming evidence that lockdowns

CDC claims that masks stopped the spread of covid in kansas by comparing masked and non-masked counties.counterpoint: this was a cherry pick in terms of date and seasonality.they ended the

there seems to be a lot of grandstanding by the lockdown governors (who are almost invariably democrats as this issue has become distressingly partisan) but when one looks at red

how to lie with correlations: harley davidson limited edition.there has been a lot of aggressive talk about how sturgis was a massive super spreader eventcharts like this make it tempting

several months back, i posited that the low covid deaths in pac rim could not possibly be from lockdowns or masks.the differential was simply too large, the policies across the

anyone still presuming that a + PCR test is showing a covid case needs to read this v carefully:even 25 cycles of amplification, 70% of "positives" are not "cases." virus

another study that is pure assumptive nonsense.the CDC should be embrasassed. it's just another "sun dance"you do the dance at 5.30 AM then claim you're the reason the sun rose.how

@SunetraGupta is one of the true heroes of this whole sordid covid affairas one would expect from a professional of her eminence, this piece is lucid, informed, & rationalit weighs

sweden and Illinois have similar population and lived densities. they pursued very different policies. Il has locked down hard and has had mask mandates. sweden has not.yet sweden has not

it's rare i see a politician speak and think "wow, that sounds like a leader" but keith pekau, mayor of orland park, bucks the trendhe's articulate, uses data, questions the

this is a fascinating thread on possible physical properties of masks, viral spread, & infectivityin essence, even if a mask stops large droplets, the force of expulsion may nebulize them