Posted on 08/23/2021 2:40:45 PM PDT by Grandpa Drudge
A trope of contemporary social commentary is that “science” has somehow become “politicized,” such that people no longer trust or believe what is presented as the scientific consensus on important social, political, and economic issues. The most salient example until recently was climate change, where various scientific professionals, associations, interest groups, and the like were portrayed as purely disinterested seekers of truth while disfavored outsiders were described as self-interested, ideological, or worse.
The idea of scientists as a priestly caste, criticism of whom constitutes “science denial” or “spreading misinformation,” is of course central to the conventional narrative about of Covid-19. Many commentators worry that substantial public disagreement on the nature and significance of the Covid-19 pandemic and the efficacy of vaccines and mitigation measures such as lockdowns, border closures, masks, and social distancing will contribute to a decline in trust of scientists and even science itself. Indeed, there is evidence that experience with previous epidemics leads to reduced trust in scientists and their work (though not “science” in the abstract).
Systematic misrepresentation of the scientific evidence on Covid-19 and its mitigation measures has been a central feature of news coverage and social media commentary for the last year and a half. Press releases from scientific organizations and government agencies, news reports of scientific papers, and social media posts by prominent scientists continue to focus on statistics such as the number of positive test results without controlling for the number of tests administered, the characteristics of the tested population, and the cycle threshold (sensitivity) for PCR tests; to present highly aggregated measures of infection and spread that obscure the enormously skewed distribution in severity by age and health status; and to ignore context that would allow for comparison across similar locations or among similar diseases over time.
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There is a very good reason for that - mask wearing DOESN'T WORK !
Could you point out one of those studies?
The phase 3 trials for one of the jabs, in the New England Journal of Medicine, had a total of 24 participants (monkeys). 8 high-dose, 8 low-dose, 8 no jab.
You can't get good statistics out of that.
Or you have the editorial in Nature pushing for the jabs by someone with a vested interest in distributing them.
He wrote that "anti-vax" efforts come from (I'm not kidding) "Russia Russia Russia" and right-wing extremists who think Trump won the election. He wants a UN Task force to get involved.
Yeah, because SCIENCE!™
“Hope” never produces solutions. If hope is all you have you are unlikely to be consistently satisfied.
A plan and action are required to achieve a desired solution, otherwise you will simply be faced with someone else’s solution.
Sure, here is a thread I participated in, more than a year ago. I think several studies were discussed in that thread.
My god you’re both stupid and dishonest.
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It's high time for a vigorous kickback against the mask mandates (and vaccine mandates, as well).
Remember, the people who tell us to “follow the science” are the same people who tell us there are 48 different sexes.
I thought it was 54 ?
Did six get lost ?
The real evidence that the mask mandates and lock-downs are NOT effective, and frequently harmful in many ways is as clear as it ever will be.
I want a campaign to make this evidence clearly understood and accepted by all those wielding political power and directing these mandates. THEY MUST BE STOPPED!
I don't know how to do that. I am asking for help to figure out how that can be done. Please post suggestions in this thread. I'll be watching for good ideas. And thanks in advance to all brave souls willing to step up to this challenge.
Also, if you know someone not participating in this thread who might help, please forward this to them as well.
Are those meant to be anti-mask papers. From the very first one I clicked on randomly:
” Eight of nine retrospective observational studies found that mask and/or respirator use was independently associated with a reduced risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).”
Here’s a thought
IF masks worked then no one in Japan would get sick
Read the rest of them.
No, that one analysis is enough. It analyzed all known studies on masks and the SARS virus, and found 8 out of 9 show masks are effective.
That’s great info, and I will make sure to reference it when mask debates come up in future.
Thank you again for sharing it!
Oh, and also don’t feel embarrassed for not understanding the studies you posted.
Based on how you post, I assume English is not your native language. Medical studies like these can be hard to read for someone without a firm grasp on English. It’s perfectly reasonable that you had trouble with them.
And, as a result, Japan was lackadaisical about vaccinating people and then got caught in a surge of infections. That lead to the Lockdown Olympics where no spectators were allowed and the athletes and journalists were under virtual house arrest. Yep, those masks sure helped the Japanese.
Which means none of the studies proved masks work. Now make like Kamala with a milk shake.
You’re wrong.
On all counts.
Uh-huh.
Hey troll-boi.
Did you notice it dated back to 2009 - 2010?
Nice failure at bluffing, troll.
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