Glenn Miller is still missing, and there's more chance of finding him than of getting a parliament that cannot distinguish between a willy and a wendy to look into this. If the world survives historians will look at these few years and not believe that the populace could have fallen for it; they'll probably think that everyone was painted with woad and distracted with blue beads and little mirrors - and they won't be far out. I'm disappointed that the race still won't wake up even though yourselves and others on X are explaining what's going on. I wonder if the plan was to exterminate all who were too dozy to see the danger - an update on "accidents are God's way of getting rid of stupid people.
Sorry to rant, been trying to "communicate" with BT and Sky and it's left me a bit jaundiced.
For some faith restoring, have a look at the comments following the gbnews breathless article about metapneumonia today. It seems many people won't fall for it again. Indeed, I'm extremely disappointed GBNEWS even posted such a fear mongering piece - both staffers, Lucy Johnson and Renee Hoedenkamp have already explained this situation in calm, measured tones.
Thankyou TTE for bothering to respond so kindly & in depth & thanks to everyone commentating for making me feel I am not alone.
If we have rubbed along with a ‘flu’ shot every year for many years that may or may not have helped those who are vulnerable, then that’s to be welcomed & so many folks now expect it to appear as the summer turns to autumn. Is that a sign of a sophisticated society?
My 84 year old friend suggested to me yesterday that I seemed to have had some bad colds recently & definitely should get the flu shot (I look after my 2 year old grandchild every month who goes to nursery 3 days a week & has a permanent cold)….. maybe I should. Maybe not.
I am extremely alarmed however, by the profligate spending based on invisible evidence that we have a pandemic waiting in the wings based in an avian flu virus that doesn’t (ATM) appear to be jumping species. I agree that we should all be prepared (& be prepared for the shortage of eggs for manufacturing & eating).
But does stockpiling 5.5 billion doses in preparation really add up? Who are the beneficiaries? Hum.
But....but Rachel from accounts/complaints/the Chinese communist party (delete as appropriate) says the country is broke and there isn't even a cheeky fiver down the back of the sofa for the frozen old folks, so how can we possibly afford vaccines we don't need? 🤔
In short, a mis-sold insurance policy. Finance has safeguards in place, sadly health has some way to go in all kinds of ways eg RCTs, peer review, conflicts of interest not disclosed etc
I agree with others that people are unlikely to be lured into another virus scare but I was shocked at how readily they accepted what was in effect a lock down due to amber and red weather warnings.
And all of this would only remotely make sense if the AI virus acquired multiple changes (either through mutation or re-assortment), including receptor sensitivity, pathogenicity, temperature sensitivity etc. to make it more pathogenic and transmissible for humans.
As it stands:
No sustained human to human transmission of AI has been documented (there has been only suspicion in a handful of cases)
The human cases have been ad hoc and it is not even clear what the exact route of transmission is.
Considering the close bird-human contact (especially in Asia), it is good to note that the number of human cases of AI is extremely low (a few thousand globally over 30 years).
this is the really rich part of this new publishing/collaborative way: subscribers and readers can participate so actively and refreshingly with the lead writers; here Hills' comments are picked up and very well discussed; and more comments and thoughts generated; a magic new way of "the ordinary people" being heard; being involved;
vs the State Media version where they are lecturered to; talked down to; told them have "got it wrong": that they are far-right extremists or some such pejorative terms; and get fed curated narratives; which would folks prefer? For most of us, calling people names tended to die down after leaving primary school; for some, it has stayed with them; perhaps heightened.
It's not true that our opinion formers and academics are corrupt, but it is true that they sometimes become trapped in a false paradigm.
Garry Stevenson exposes the false conclusions of economists, whose predictions rely on mathematical "representative agent models". The models ignore how wealth is spread in our society and as a result have consistently failed to properly predict changes in the economy (such as the interest rate).
This reminds me of UK COVID-19 modelers, who ignored Farr's Law, and failed to accuratley predict the spread of the disease. We "locked down" and vaccinated as a result. Prediction using models is risky and can be disasterous. Garry Stevenson continues to make money by following his own judgement.
thanks; we greatly value your great ability to summarise all; from your deep background over many years researching and writing on these topics; please keep moving forward; all you write is very enlightening.
Glenn Miller is still missing, and there's more chance of finding him than of getting a parliament that cannot distinguish between a willy and a wendy to look into this. If the world survives historians will look at these few years and not believe that the populace could have fallen for it; they'll probably think that everyone was painted with woad and distracted with blue beads and little mirrors - and they won't be far out. I'm disappointed that the race still won't wake up even though yourselves and others on X are explaining what's going on. I wonder if the plan was to exterminate all who were too dozy to see the danger - an update on "accidents are God's way of getting rid of stupid people.
Sorry to rant, been trying to "communicate" with BT and Sky and it's left me a bit jaundiced.
For some faith restoring, have a look at the comments following the gbnews breathless article about metapneumonia today. It seems many people won't fall for it again. Indeed, I'm extremely disappointed GBNEWS even posted such a fear mongering piece - both staffers, Lucy Johnson and Renee Hoedenkamp have already explained this situation in calm, measured tones.
"Glenn Miller is still missing" and I still miss him.
Thankyou TTE for bothering to respond so kindly & in depth & thanks to everyone commentating for making me feel I am not alone.
If we have rubbed along with a ‘flu’ shot every year for many years that may or may not have helped those who are vulnerable, then that’s to be welcomed & so many folks now expect it to appear as the summer turns to autumn. Is that a sign of a sophisticated society?
My 84 year old friend suggested to me yesterday that I seemed to have had some bad colds recently & definitely should get the flu shot (I look after my 2 year old grandchild every month who goes to nursery 3 days a week & has a permanent cold)….. maybe I should. Maybe not.
I am extremely alarmed however, by the profligate spending based on invisible evidence that we have a pandemic waiting in the wings based in an avian flu virus that doesn’t (ATM) appear to be jumping species. I agree that we should all be prepared (& be prepared for the shortage of eggs for manufacturing & eating).
But does stockpiling 5.5 billion doses in preparation really add up? Who are the beneficiaries? Hum.
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Big Pharma in the main....
Yup that’s where I’m going too……
But....but Rachel from accounts/complaints/the Chinese communist party (delete as appropriate) says the country is broke and there isn't even a cheeky fiver down the back of the sofa for the frozen old folks, so how can we possibly afford vaccines we don't need? 🤔
In short, a mis-sold insurance policy. Finance has safeguards in place, sadly health has some way to go in all kinds of ways eg RCTs, peer review, conflicts of interest not disclosed etc
I agree with others that people are unlikely to be lured into another virus scare but I was shocked at how readily they accepted what was in effect a lock down due to amber and red weather warnings.
And all of this would only remotely make sense if the AI virus acquired multiple changes (either through mutation or re-assortment), including receptor sensitivity, pathogenicity, temperature sensitivity etc. to make it more pathogenic and transmissible for humans.
As it stands:
No sustained human to human transmission of AI has been documented (there has been only suspicion in a handful of cases)
The human cases have been ad hoc and it is not even clear what the exact route of transmission is.
Considering the close bird-human contact (especially in Asia), it is good to note that the number of human cases of AI is extremely low (a few thousand globally over 30 years).
this is the really rich part of this new publishing/collaborative way: subscribers and readers can participate so actively and refreshingly with the lead writers; here Hills' comments are picked up and very well discussed; and more comments and thoughts generated; a magic new way of "the ordinary people" being heard; being involved;
vs the State Media version where they are lecturered to; talked down to; told them have "got it wrong": that they are far-right extremists or some such pejorative terms; and get fed curated narratives; which would folks prefer? For most of us, calling people names tended to die down after leaving primary school; for some, it has stayed with them; perhaps heightened.
It's not true that our opinion formers and academics are corrupt, but it is true that they sometimes become trapped in a false paradigm.
Garry Stevenson exposes the false conclusions of economists, whose predictions rely on mathematical "representative agent models". The models ignore how wealth is spread in our society and as a result have consistently failed to properly predict changes in the economy (such as the interest rate).
This reminds me of UK COVID-19 modelers, who ignored Farr's Law, and failed to accuratley predict the spread of the disease. We "locked down" and vaccinated as a result. Prediction using models is risky and can be disasterous. Garry Stevenson continues to make money by following his own judgement.
https://youtu.be/CivlU8hJVwc?si=WvxNW4bchtbnhU2t
modellers ........ meddlers ............ muddlers ..........
thanks; we greatly value your great ability to summarise all; from your deep background over many years researching and writing on these topics; please keep moving forward; all you write is very enlightening.
Those pesky birds are at it again....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/bird-flue-h5n9-california