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THE COVID-CON I

Enough conspiracy, let’s stick to data and science to end the lockdowns, Part 1

A couple of recurring conspiracy theory themes keep being circulated to me, they are specific to Canada but I’m sure these are typical across all locations. I find these maddening because there is plenty of factual, well sourced and scientifically verified counterfactuals to draw from when being critical of the near universal mishandling of pandemic response by national governments worldwide.

For lockdown skeptics, embracing or amplifying fact-free hysterical conspiracy theories makes them look like lunatics, so they should stop doing that.

Allow me to dispense with the two big Canuck-themed conspiracy theories and then inject some much needed sanity into the conversation via a recent Triggernometry podcast with guest Ivor Cummins. (read more)
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David Barnett, Ph.D. - October 25, 2020

The data show clearly that unfocussed lockdowns were a colossal and pointless error. There were voices, such as Michael Levitt’s, pointing this out before any western societies indulged in lockdowns, but the March panic was understandable. And had the various governments reversed themselves by May, I think they would have been forgiven.

None of the lockdown governments have reversed themselves. Instead they have doubled down . It seems as if justifying the previous error is more important than embarking on rational policy. I cannot help seeing a parallel between this present compounding of a manifest error and the French Military’s persistence in the Dreyfus affair of 1894. They persisted in their persecution of Dreyfus for 12 years, even forging “evidence” to justify it. The affair divided French society.

The big worry is that the backlash against the shortsighted rear-covering establishment will bring chaos of the kind which all sorts of nasty elements can exploit.

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