#coronavirus Useful relevant science: the bats behind the Covid-19 pandemic

From Polar Bear Science Posted on April 11, 2020 | Comments Off on Useful relevant science: the bats behind the Covid-19 pandemic This bit of mammalian science is worth a read,…

Of Quinine And Chloroquine

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach After all the people saying we shouldn’t take chloroquine because of the side effects, let me take the opportunity to say some words about that…

#coronavirus Good news: the downtrend in Chinese-virus case-growth rates continues

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley The good news is that in most of the countries we are tracking the downtrend in the growth rates of both confirmed cases and deaths…

Bjorn Lomborg: “Save Lives,” End the Hostage Crisis

Guest “We gotta get out of this place” by Eric Burden and the Animals David Middleton Apr 9, 2020Save Lives And Avoid A Catastrophic RecessionBjorn LomborgGetting the facts straight on…

Friday Funny – that crushing #ClimateChange moment, courtesy of #coronavirus

Our resident cartoonist Josh writes: That crushing moment… As some have noted if the planet has healed itself in 3 weeks then there is no climate crisis and no action…

But is the growth of the #CoronaVirus pandemic really exponential?

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Let us begin with today’s good news. The mean daily compound case-growth rates of Chinese-virus infections (Fig. 1) and of deaths (Fig. 2) continues to…

The spy’s dilemma and the lockdown dichotomy

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley [Update: Good news: Boris Johnson is now out of intensive care. His prospects for recovery are, therefore, very greatly improved.] Consider how fair-minded is our…

But is it really no worse than flu?

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Some commenters responding to this daily series providing some information about the Chinese virus have repeated what seems to have become something of a mantra…

#coronavirus Wuhan Coronavirus Guest Post Four

Guest post by Rud Istvan, I have been following this closely for a number of previously explained reasons, while mostly self-isolating with my significant other in South Florida (groceries once…

Flattening The Curve

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve been following the many changes in the IHME coronavirus model used by our very own most incompetent Dr. Fauci. (In passing, let me note…

Coronavirus Death Predictions Bring New Meaning to Hysteria

image licensed from 123rf.com Reposted from RealClearMarkets with author permission  (and slightly out of date) By Michael Fumento April 01, 2020 The U.S. is staring at a Netflix-type apocalypse. You…

Boris Johnson in intensive care

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Boris Johnson’s transfer to intensive care for Chinese-virus symptoms is bad news for lovers of liberty on both sides of the Atlantic. Very sadly, on…

Wildly Exaggerated ChiCom-19 Models Are Driving Policy Decisions

Guest “where have I heard this before?” by David Middleton Inaccurate Virus Models Are Panicking Officials Into Ill-Advised LockdownsHow a handful of Democratic activists created alarming, but bogus data sets…

#coronavirus Correcting Recent U.S. Weekly Death Statistics for Incomplete Reporting

From Dr Roy Spencer’s Blog April 6th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. I am seeing an increasing number of people on social media pointing to the weekly CDC…

#coronavirus #covid-19 Chinese virus: the exit strategy

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley The Chinese-virus lockdown benchmarch test that was introduced here yesterday compares the mean daily compound growth rates in Chinese-virus infections for 12 countries and for…

#coronavirus #covid-19 Let’s quarantine some fake corona and energy news

Junk science and scare stories stampede countries into taking drastic, unnecessary action Paul Driessen Some 40,000 children slave away in Chinese-operated Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mines, digging out cobalt…

#coronavirus How to analyze and not analyze #COVID-19 deaths

Guest essay by Indur M. Goklany Don’t look just at deaths from coronavirus, look at cumulative deaths from comorbidities. Since most people dying from coronavirus also exhibit comorbidities,[1] and it…

Trial for potential coronavirus treatment is underway at Montefiore and Einstein

Experimental therapy might help people with serious COVID-19 complications Albert Einstein College of Medicine April 3, 2020–(BRONX, NY)– Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine has joined a…

Open letter from a concerned researcher on #coronavirus #covid-19

I received this from someone I know and trust in the research community who prefers to remain anonymous.  Nevertheless, it’s an important message to get out to policy makers, clinicians,…

Bloomberg: China Accused of Faking Coronavirus Numbers

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Bloomberg, a secret intelligence briefing to the White House claimed that China concealed and is continuing to conceal…

Are lockdowns working?

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley In recent weeks, behind the scenes, a battle royal has been raging among the epidemiologists advising governments. On one side are the activists, who argue…

Is Extending Lockdowns Worth The Cost? (was Do Lockdowns Work?)

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [UPDATE— Well, I got up today and fired up the weed wacker and went out to sweat a bit in the sun. You can see…

A frank open letter from an emergency room doctor on #COVID-19 – The “surge” is coming

This letter from our local hospital ER doc has been circulating on social media in my town. It is applicable for anyone, anywhere, to read and heed. Note “the surge”…

The Italian Connection

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [Note updates at the end] Since the earliest days of the current pandemic, Italy has been the scary member of the family that you absolutely…