Category Archives: Corona Virus

NYMAG: Where Is the Republican Soul-searching for Getting COVID Wrong? Fauci is at least answering some hard questions.

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Luke Ford

Jonathan Chait writes May 2, 2023: Conservatives got COVID extremely wrong. Where is the accountability? Where is the course correction? The answer is that they don’t exist, because the conservative movement is incapable of engaging in them… Donald Trump threatened … Continue reading →

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Why are we united on Ukraine but divided on Covid? (3-13-22)

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Luke Ford

00:00 Our need for good & evil stories 04:30 It’s the 21st Century, dude! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1WL2VJOn2A 14:00 Why I quit gaming… #grindreel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7tiuyBeXhc 24:40 Michael Beckley on China, Ukraine, Russia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoWYqhp3EVA 32:00 The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the … Continue reading →

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‘Of pathogens and party lines: Social conservatism positively associates with COVID-19 precautions among U.S. Democrats but not Republicans’

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Luke Ford

Here’s a summary of a June 29, 2021 study: Social liberals tend to be less pathogen-avoidant than social conservatives, a pattern consistent with a model wherein ideological differences stem from differences in threat reactivity. Here we investigate if and how … Continue reading →

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Risk perception, illusory superiority, and personal responsibility during COVID-19: An experimental study of attitudes to staying home

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this new academic paper: * there are prominent examples where communications regarding desired behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic largely fall into one of two classes: imperative messaging, and communication that invites personal responsibility and reasoning … Continue reading →

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Could Omicron be like cowpox? (12-4-21)

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Luke Ford
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