New Catallaxy

…And they did! They weren’t even confined to their houses, and two goes were enough. If only we actually learnt from history. A further violent recrudescence of the influenza epidemic places the State Government in an unenviable position. Owing to the precautionary measures insisted upon by the use of sovereign powers during the two previous…

I note that there is NOT an IC4 recommending ‘Mask wearing by asymptomatic individuals or the entire population’. Both snippets might explain why such a move was never documented, but perhaps they focused on these little gems: Although work-related influenza infection is well document (e.g. Kuster et al.), very few studies have been undertaken about…

The authoritarian takeover of Australia is based on the terror felt by more than half the population that they are going to die from the Covid, fostered by the media and virtually every politician from coast to coast. This is how the article begins, but the real question is how will it ever end? This…

I know others have been there before me but this is such a clown show it really needs repeating. Daniel Andrews not only makes it to Tucker Carlson but is featured in The Daily Mail as well.  The world is laughing at us thanks to Dan & Brett's science. pic.twitter.com/p4WDISij5a — Rukshan Fernando (@therealrukshan) August 17,…

Yes, “subject to retrospective revision”. I get that. I can even forgive the 25 death adjustment for the 31 Aug-13 Sep period…just. I’m a forgiving bloke, after all. But that still leaves an adjustment of 128 fatalities, without explanation. That’s a lot of deaths, and a very significant adjustment. This is not a patient or…

In line with the graph above, my figures say that the proportion of Covid cases admitted to ICUs halved between the 1st and 2nd ‘waves’. Vaccination? Nah, not even Trump worked that fast. Overwhelmed? Hardly! Guesses as to why, are now being collated. I’m open to all suggestions (except those involving nanobots).