Marty Makary, MD, delineated this issue in his book Blind Spots, Chapter 5, talking about the difficulty we in Medicine have in changing our minds. He referenced Leon Festinger's A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance and the observational work When Prophecy Fails. Even when things are obvious, we do NOT easily change our minds. Lord knows I was on the other side of the ditch. How can we keep the government and industry out of decision-making when the evidence is not there?? We WON'T! This is a power struggle, and the only thing they know how to do to PROTECT that Power is 1) Lie. and 2) Fight with whatever means they have. Power and Money are all they care about.
Yes probably. The all-cause age standardized mortality rose sharply in the spring of 2020 and then in early summer settled back just as NPIs became policy.
Usually cock-up is more likely than a conspiracy, but in this case, just ask yourself who was able to cash in on all this stupidity. Bid tech, pharma and asset management companies. I understand that half of American billionaires doubled their capital in the pandemic.
I think these companies activities were crucial. Some contend the vaccine announcement was delayed 'till after that year's presidential election, for instance.
If you want to understand what happened, just follow the money and ignore the legacy media. Mostly they're either owned or influenced by big money.
Carl said that Ferguson's model changed the direction of policy.
The model has been shown to be overly pessimistic in the past and it is reported that Gates gave them a £20 million grant after publication. Was the choice to use Ferguson deliberate manipulation?
Marty Makary, MD, delineated this issue in his book Blind Spots, Chapter 5, talking about the difficulty we in Medicine have in changing our minds. He referenced Leon Festinger's A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance and the observational work When Prophecy Fails. Even when things are obvious, we do NOT easily change our minds. Lord knows I was on the other side of the ditch. How can we keep the government and industry out of decision-making when the evidence is not there?? We WON'T! This is a power struggle, and the only thing they know how to do to PROTECT that Power is 1) Lie. and 2) Fight with whatever means they have. Power and Money are all they care about.
Yes probably. The all-cause age standardized mortality rose sharply in the spring of 2020 and then in early summer settled back just as NPIs became policy.
Usually cock-up is more likely than a conspiracy, but in this case, just ask yourself who was able to cash in on all this stupidity. Bid tech, pharma and asset management companies. I understand that half of American billionaires doubled their capital in the pandemic.
I think these companies activities were crucial. Some contend the vaccine announcement was delayed 'till after that year's presidential election, for instance.
If you want to understand what happened, just follow the money and ignore the legacy media. Mostly they're either owned or influenced by big money.
Carl said that Ferguson's model changed the direction of policy.
The model has been shown to be overly pessimistic in the past and it is reported that Gates gave them a £20 million grant after publication. Was the choice to use Ferguson deliberate manipulation?
Looking forward to Oxford June 2026. Another fascinating chit chat. If the Avian flu don’t get the elks and bears, the mosquitoes will.