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Health & Safety Regulations Backfire with Conservatives

June 19, 2020 by Dave
regulations

New research reveals that conservative consumers can react negatively to guidance issued by government agencies: they see a threat to freedom

Categories consumer, politics, psychology, science, society, study Tags backfire, Conservatives, government, regulations, study Leave a comment

COVID-19 : The Dexamethasone saga

July 9, 2020June 18, 2020 by Dave

The steroid Dexamethasone has been hailed as a new wonder drug for tackling COVID-19. Things are not quite as presented to us.

Categories Health, media, Medicine, science, Skepticism Leave a comment

WSJ Op Ed: No Second Wave

December 23, 2023June 17, 2020 by Dave
second wave

Mike Pence has written a WSJ article that claims no second wave. He is right, no second wave because they kept first one going.

Categories Bullshit, Critical Thinking, Health, media, politics Tags COVID-19, Mike Pence, Second Wave, WSJ Leave a comment

What is the COVID-19 death rate?

December 23, 2023June 16, 2020 by Dave
COVID-19 IFR

Knowing the COVID-19 Fatality Rate is very important. It tells us how seriously we should take it and how to respond. What is that rate?

Categories Medicine, science Tags COVID-19, death rate, Fatality rate, IFR, studies Leave a comment

The rapidly changing US Electorate – what is new?

April 6, 2022June 15, 2020 by Dave
electorate poll

Latest Pew Poll illustrates that the lines that divide the US electorate are increasingly racial, educational and religious.

Categories politics, poll, religion, society Tags electorate, pew, poll Leave a comment

Wingnut Weekly – 14 June 2020

June 28, 2024June 14, 2020 by Dave

Wingnut weekly – a selection of weirdness from the past week that emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics

Categories fundamentalists, nutters, politics, religion Tags fundamentalists, politics, religion, right-wing, wingnut Leave a comment
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