Topic: Science

Quacks in the Ivory Tower: How Conspiracy Theorizing Took Over Lockdown Science

– June 19, 2021

“With no small irony, many of the same scientists who frequently attack skepticism of lockdowns by labeling it a ‘fringe’ and ‘unscientific’ position have not the slightest compunction about taking their own cues on the GBD from an unmistakably fringe source of their own.” ~ Phillip W. Magness

Crisis, Government, Science

The Origin of SARS-CoV-2

– June 18, 2021

“Based on what we know, the lab leak theory better fits the evidence. Even if this particular virus didn’t escape from a lab, government-funded bioweapon experiments are playing with fire and the next time a dangerous virus escapes, which will eventually happen, we may not be so ‘lucky’ as to escape with four million dead.” ~ Charles L. Hooper & David R. Henderson

Crisis, Government, Science

Wuhan Lab Controversy Illustrates How Government Funding Throttles Scientific Integrity

– June 14, 2021

“We must separate government completely from science for the same reason we separate church from state and press from state. Don’t force our scientists to become supplicants to government bureaucrats in order to pursue truth. That will be the death of reason, science, and truth, and lead to disasters, such as misunderstanding the origins of deadly viruses.” ~ Raymond C. Niles

Crisis, Government, Science

Stinky Stuff Happens, but How Do We Prepare?

– June 9, 2021

“The problem is that we don’t know what disasters are lurking on the horizon, and preparing for all the possible ones we can reasonably foresee is impossible and excessively costly. Even if we somehow managed to, individually or as a society, it still doesn’t guarantee protection against the truly black swans, i.e. the disasters of kinds and magnitudes that nobody could foresee.” ~ Joakim Book

Crisis, International, Science

The Fantasy Prediction of 510,000 Deaths

– June 7, 2021

“The 510,000 figure, which turned the world on its head, was a fantasy number churned out by absurd modeling of a zero-probability event. Cummings does not see that the reason why the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak escalated into the public policy catastrophe that it became was the fundamentally flawed Imperial College modeling on which the government based its response.” ~ David Campbell & Kevin Dowd

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Science

Why Is There Such Reluctance to Discuss Natural Immunity?

– June 4, 2021

“Whatever the reason, it’s keeping Americans in the dark about how many people have active immunity from Covid-19. It’s keeping people needlessly fearful and suspicious of each other. It’s empowering executive overreach. Worst of all, it’s tempting people to consider government and business restrictions on the unvaccinated, regardless of their actual immunity.” ~ Jon Sanders

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Science

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, the Godfather, and Dr. Fauci’s Book Tour

– June 4, 2021

“Perhaps the proceeds from Dr. Fauci’s upcoming book, including the large speaking fees he will earn and the undisclosed advance he garnered for writing the book while ‘serving’ the taxpayer, can be used to compensate his underage victims and the other public health collateral damage caused by his maniacal and myopic focus on one infectious disease.” ~ Donald Siegel & Robert M. Sauer

Crisis, Science, Video

A Conversation on Scientific Censorship in Canada

– May 30, 2021

“Dr. Patrick Phillips, an outspoken physician based in Ontario, Canada joins the Authors Corner to discuss the unprecedented damage extended lockdowns from regional authorities have had on academic truth, mental health and the credibility of medical institutionalism.” ~ AIER

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Science

Lockdowns Need to Be Intellectually Discredited Once and For All

– May 26, 2021

“Unilaterally and arbitrarily shutting down all of economic and social life was never part of the solution, nor should it ever be. Covid-19 has been the first test for these experimental lockdown policies and no rational observer should look back at the results and conclude that this is all worth trying again.” ~ Ethan Yang

Crisis, Government, Science

Running Out of Patience for the CDC

– May 21, 2021

“Ultimately, the point of life is not about avoiding diseases and meeting arbitrary standards of health. Society has its necessary functions and its priorities that exist regardless of the recommendation of public health experts. It’s about time the CDC understood that.” ~ Ethan Yang

Crisis, Government, Science

Fauci: “It’s a Manifestation of Your Honesty to Say, ‘Hey, I Was Wrong.’”

– May 21, 2021

“Both Fauci and the CDC’s lack of transparency and honest communication during Covid will be remembered and will undermine public support in future pandemic responses. Perhaps if Dr. Fauci had spent less time indulging his desire for air time (with 300+ media appearances in 12 months) and honestly communicated up-to-date scientific findings, more Americans would feel comfortable about returning to normal life.” ~ Micha Gartz

Crisis, Regulation, Science

The Skew in Science That Feeds US EPA Regulation

– May 20, 2021

“The burden to society will worsen as the EPA continues down a slippery slope. Americans need to be aware that the science used at the EPA for setting air quality regulation is skewed, expensive, and of dubious public health benefit.” ~ S. Stanley Young & Warren Kindzierski