Cruise ships and lifeboats Why are we so divided?

How did covid split similar people into diametrically opposing camps?

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In the 2003 documentary the Fog of War [1], former US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara distils the lessons from the disastrous Vietnam War into eleven basic tenets. His rule number one: Empathise with your enemy.

Without sufficient empathy, you …

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Do Lockdowns Work? The Literature

Below are a number of published papers finding that lockdowns had little or no efficacy (despite unconscionable harms) along with a key quote or two from each:

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This article is based on a collation initially done by twitter user @the_brumby


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“there is no evidence that more restrictive nonpharmaceutical interventions …

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Rising in the North and Setting in the South: Covid-19 in the USA

US covid-19 deaths have risen, peaked and fallen very differently from those of large Western European countries.

What is causing this difference and what can we learn from it?

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Why is the US different?

In the larger countries of Western Europe the scale of death tolls has varied significantly, but …

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Covid-19 policy and Scientific Rot

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Many of us are wondering, "how the heck did we get here?"

Our response to a virus that is similar in lethality to previous flu epidemics resembles an attempted economic suicide. From UK politicians we hear a droning mantra of "follow the science" but to anyone paying attention, their science …

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Glad Midsommar! Covid comparison in six charts: Sweden and UK

Did lockdown work? Sweden did not have a mandatory lockdown. How does their Covid story compare to the UK's?

How many people died per day?

The overall shape of the curves for UK and Sweden is remarkably similar.

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In deaths per million population, the daily numbers for Sweden are lower …

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Tucker Carlson update from the USA: Lockdown insanity

In May, "Tucker Carlson Tonight" remained the No. 1 cable news show among adults 25-54. With his other Fox hosts, he dominates cable news in the US. His monologues are forceful and provide a good insight into the mood of the nation - (well perhaps half of the nation, the other …

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