Make a list and let’s start crowdsourcing like we did the signatures document.
I can donate some work on it on weekends.
Thanks.
I might not get around to it until Friday.
I have a long drive Thursday and have to keep my somewhat loose.
A couple of you have expressed liking for my flyer project and have offered help.
On Tuesday, I described an idea that popped into my head regarding making a flyer to hand out at college campuses (or wherever) that uses reverse psychology to expose ‘rona myths.
It so happens that on Monday night’s Medic Monday this past Monday, Dave and Greg discussed dropping memes and informational flyers all over, such as stuffing them into newspapers at the stand in the grocery store. They felt that pamphleteering needs to come back into style.
Now, mind you, I did not listen to this episode of Medic Monday until Wednesday.
Anyhoo, my vision for this flyer is that it would start off with at the top something like:
“Help stop fake news and misinformation about Covid-19 and the vaccines. Here are some myths your conservative friends and family believe and how to dispel them.”
This would be followed by Myth-Fact sets. Perhaps we could have 16 enumerated ones and one bonus unenumerated one at the bottom of the 2nd page of a doubled-sided 8 by 11 flyer.
Each of the facts would have a citation that is NOT a right-wing publication; rather, the citations would be the CDC, World in Data, The Atlantic, etc.
Here are some examples:
- Myth #1: Doctors have been charged with mass murder for lying about Covid.
Fact: Only one doctor has been indicted for mass murder.
(I know I saw an article in The Herald or someplace like that about that female health director in India who has been charged with a crime against humanity for keeping a lid on the effectiveness of Ivermectin.)
- Myth #2: Ivermectin is being used all over the world in treating Covid.
Fact: Only 45 nations are using Ivermectin. (I don’t know the exact number of nations using Ivermectin. I am hoping some middle of the road publication has something on this.)
- Myth #3: Everyone who died of Covid had been old.
Fact: Only 78% of the people who have died of Covid-19 in the United States are over 65. (https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/)
We could use all sorts of help on this project beyond help in coming up with the 16 sets— from proofreading for dumb dumb errors (wrong form of “there”), editing suggestions for better phrasing, help in locating good citations, help in giving your opinion on what sets should definitely be included versus which ones can be sacrificed if we get more than we can fit, help in suggestions of the order, etc.
It would be great if someone could put them all on a Word doc or something and make a pdf of it that could be easily copy and pasted and make to fit a standard piece of paper that a standard printer can handle.
The ultimate typesetting and look of the flyer doesn’t have to be fancy. It just has to look decent.
So, if you are interested, please start by proposing sets or perhaps providing a better source for a set someone came up with or otherwise improving on their idea.
Thank you in advance.