Water Might Be Wet

We could abandon lockdown policies immediately and revert to the established pandemic plans that were in place which referred to sound evidence collected over many years. Global Influenza Programme: Pandemic Mitigation Plan (October 2019). I continue to hope that soon we will, before freedom becomes accepted as a tightly managed privilege which only the most … More Water Might Be Wet

Tarred and Feathered by a Sage Coven

Until mid-March of 2020 governments were rightly advising evidence based responses such as stay home if you’re sick, wash your hands, protect the vulnerable, most people will have a mild illness, wearing face masks provides no benefit, and other established public health guidance. Around early March a massive propaganda campaign was launched by the Chinese … More Tarred and Feathered by a Sage Coven

Wicked Problems and Collective Impact

Wicked problems appear impossible to solve. They are complex, long-standing, seemingly intractable, and there are divergent opinions about the ways to address them. Wicked problems do not occur in a vacuum. They are enmeshed in wider social, cultural and political issues. Typically, governments and other organizations attempt to fix wicked problems through a particular lens … More Wicked Problems and Collective Impact

Attacks on Dissenting Voices Set Back Scientific Progress

This is a brilliantly written piece discussing history, anthropology, medical discovery, psychology and current phenomenon in a single article, from the American Institute of Economic Research. Author: Barry Brownstein, professor emeritus of economics and leadership at the University of Baltimore Oxford professor Sunetra Gupta, one of the principal signers of the Great Barrington Declaration, is … More Attacks on Dissenting Voices Set Back Scientific Progress

Basic Public Health Principles

Public Health crashed into a political brick wall and severed its spinal column in 2020. A few brave paladins have risen from the ashes. This includes some extraordinary individuals but also some critically important media outlets swimming against the mainstream narrative which is drowning us all in shallow currents of misinformation. The Spectator was established … More Basic Public Health Principles

Great Barrington

A charming town of 7,000 people in Massachusetts, north of New York and west of Boston, is where three of the world’s most eminent infectious disease epidemiologists from Oxford, Stanford and Harvard Universities met last week to write and launch their call for “Focused Protection” in responding to Covid. Since launching The Great Barrington Declaration … More Great Barrington