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Virus models have been terrible

Andrea Widberg has a good summary of how poor the virus models have been and also of the insane media response. The failure of the models to get anywhere close to accurate is consistent with my experience in the applied Earth sciences. Models can be created to demonstrate almost any point. Models are only as good as the input data and the experience and judgement of the modeler. Here is a short snippet from Ms. Widberg’s piece specifically on the media response:

“…COVID-19 has proven to be a brutal flu for those unlucky enough to get it. Any new disease that’s successfully left animals behind for human-to-human transmission is highly risky. Nevertheless, the current insanity gripping the world is based upon highly dubious computer models, making those models as dangerous as a virus.

On March 8, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes attacked Trump for trying to manipulate downwards the expert projections about COVID-19 deaths. One month later, Hayes was back, attacking Trump for intentionally manipulating the numbers upwards:

Hayes is an unprincipled moron who will say anything to hurt Trump but his monomania highlights how very wrong the original high-death predictions have proven to be…”

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A review of Hydroxychloroquine as treatment for Coronavirus and crazed media/Democrat reaction

Medical Advances Minus the Full Research Apparatus

A short summary. Worth clicking over.

Judicial watch is doing some important work

Questions about U.S. virus death numbers

Dr. Bukacek is a longtime Montana physician with over 30 years’ experience practicing medicine. Signing death certificates is a routine part of her job. Dr. Bukacek blows the whistle on the way the CDC is instructing physicians to exaggerate COVID 19 on death certificates.

Respected scientific journal issues apology for associating coronavirus with China over racism fears

Political correctness overrides factual analysis

Andrew Mark Miller:

“…A British scientific journal has apologized to China for associating the coronavirus with the country despite scientific consensus that the virus originated there.

An article published Tuesday night by Nature apologized for the “error on our part” and said the publication is taking responsibility for linking the coronavirus to China.

“It’s clear that since the outbreak was first reported, people of Asian descent around the world have been subjected to racist attacks, with untold human costs — for example, on their health and livelihoods,” the article read.

Washington Post contributing columnist Isaac Stone Fish responded to the news on Twitter, “This is unbelievable. @nature, one of the most respected scientific publications, apologizes to China for erroneously ‘associating the virus with Wuhan and with China.’ The virus started in China. That is a fact. Shameful.”…”

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Kurt Schlichter on Democrat ideas

Kurt Schlichter:

“…Remember the heady days of six weeks ago when the earnest wailing of liberal sissies about some imagined thoughtcrime drew respectful attention? Well, it never did from us, because we always knew these people were idiots deserving only of mockery, but some people – nice, friendly people who could not imagine the malignancy in the hearts of these fascist dipwads – took them seriously and actually cared.

And then a disease came along that is impoverishing the people it isn’t killing. It’s time to put away childish things, folks, and America seems to be doing that. Well, at least the people who aren’t liberal blue checks. The rest of us have no time for such frivolous nonsense. And when we beat this pandemic, which we will, maybe we as a culture will put away childish things for good…”

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Babylon Bee is unmatched and running away from the field

Trump’s judges flood the zone and turn the tables on activist decisions

Fifth Circuit Reinstates Texas Order Making Abortion “Non-Essential” In Pandemic

My vote for Trump was worth it, if for no other reason than this.

CNN can’t help itself. Sheesh! Journalism.

“…Chris Cuomo is currently infected with the Wuhan virus. CNN brought on Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon, to “read” Cuomo’s X-rays. He attempted to do just that, pointing to supposed evidence of the virus on live TV…”

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Journalism

Caught Hyping Fake News Again, CBS ‘Clarifies’ Story of Crying Nurse Who Claims She Quit Due to Lack of Masks

CBS News Again Airs Italy Hospital Footage in U.S. Coronavirus Segment

These are just two stories of media malfeasance, and just for CBS. I read a story this morning from NBC about Trump plans to withhold funding from the WHO. The story was unreadable after the first paragraph which included statements of fact mixed with editorial critical of Trump. I get the feeling that the media is composed primarily of recent graduates from journalism school trained that their primary function as journalists is to advocate for the correct politics. They seem to think that their readers are too stupid to understand their sloppy writing and lazy reporting. They are wrong.

Doug Santo