Category Archives: Covid

The “only 6%” gambit: The latest viral COVID-19 disinformation

Surgeon David Gorski writes: It’s always weird to try to get blogging again after an absence due to a health issue with a member of the family and other pressing issues that were more important than my little side hobby … Continue reading

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You’re afraid it’s all been wasted time

When I think about how much human connection I’ve missed over the past year by socially isolating myself, I feel sad. Then, when I think about how I used the past year, I feel better. If I had used my … Continue reading

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Michael Fumento: ‘Don’t buy the media hype over the new China virus’

Michael Fumento, who made similar remarks on Dennis Prager’s radio show in early 2020, wrote in the New York Post Jan. 23, 2020: “…there appears to be nothing very special about this outbreak of the 2019-nCoV or Wuhan ­virus. It … Continue reading

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The relationship between cultural tightness–looseness and COVID-19 cases and deaths: a global analysis

I first read about this study on Steve Sailer’s blog. From Lancet: The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis, yet certain countries have had far more success in limiting COVID-19 cases and deaths. We suggest that collective threats require … Continue reading

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We Had the Vaccine the Whole Time

David Wallace-Wells writes: You may be surprised to learn that of the trio of long-awaited coronavirus vaccines, the most promising, Moderna’s mRNA-1273, which reported a 94.5 percent efficacy rate on November 16, had been designed by January 13. This was … Continue reading

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