Category Archives: science

Some of the latest climate models provide unrealistically high projections of future warming | More Scare Tactics

Posted on April 30, 2020 by TonyR

via Some of the latest climate models provide unrealistically high projections of future warming

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Eating meat may improve mental health, study claims   | Daily Mail Online

Posted on April 30, 2020 by TonyR

A vegetarian or vegan diet may be increasing the likelihood of depression, a US-based study has found. People with a plant-based diet were twice as likely to take prescription drugs for mental illness and nearly three times as likely to … Continue reading →

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EU/EEA and the UK COVID-19 Deaths as of 28 April 2020 | USA Less than 1/2

Posted on April 28, 2020 by TonyR

As of 28 April 2020, 1 087 272 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: Spain (209 465), Italy (199 414), United Kingdom (157 149), Germany (156 337), France (128 339), Belgium (46 687), Netherlands (38 245), Portugal (24 027), Ireland (19 648), Sweden (18 926), Austria (15 256), Poland … Continue reading →

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Michael Moore stumbles upon the truth about so-called ‘green’ energy

Posted on April 25, 2020 by TonyR

It turns out that Moore, despite hectoring Americans to get with the green program, had managed to be completely unaware of the practical problems with green energy: Moore said that he, like many people, thought electric cars were a good idea, “but I … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 | Coronavirus: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology | Great Explainer

Posted on April 25, 2020 by TonyR
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Here’s why we didn’t have coronavirus testing in February | Slow Moving Bureaucracy

Posted on April 22, 2020 by TonyR

Over the weekend the Washington Post published a deep dive on the problems at the Centers for Disease Control which cost the U.S. about a month of progress. Effort by the CDC to create a coronavirus test began in mid-January … Continue reading →

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One third of participants in Massachusetts study tested positive for antibodies linked to coronavirus | Approaching Herd Immunity?

Posted on April 20, 2020 by TonyR

The Mass. General study took samples from 200 residents on the street in Chelsea, MA. Participants remained anonymous and provided a drop of blood to researchers, who were able to produce a result in ten minutes with a rapid test. … Continue reading →

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How Bush and Obama Ceded the World Health Organization to China, Increasing Risk of Pandemics Like Coronavirus

Posted on April 15, 2020 by TonyR

The first time a China-backed candidate was named Director General of the World Health Organization, the president of the United States had other things on his mind. China had just a few years earlier botched its response to the outbreak … Continue reading →

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A scientist picks apart the COVID-19 models, and finds them wanting | Models Favored Opinion Over Science

Posted on April 14, 2020 by TonyR

In other words, they shaped their prediction so that a lockdown was required to prevent millions of deaths, ignoring the extensive knowledge scientists have about how viral epidemics routinely die out because of the normal spread of infection throughout the … Continue reading →

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New Rule: Virus Shaming | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Posted on April 14, 2020 by TonyR
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