COVID-19: Understanding the Numbers #coronavirus

Guest post by Neil Lock As those acquainted with me will know, long ago I was trained as a mathematician. I’ve forgotten most of the specifics I learned. But I’ve…

Chinese virus: squashing the curve and heading for Gibraltar town

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Early in the Chinese-virus pandemic, Boris Johnson, the colorful British Prime Minister with the haystack-in-a-hurricane hairdon’t, talked of “squashing the sombrero”: for the curve of…

FDA Revokes Approval of Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The FDA has just revoked emergency approval of HCQ for Covid-19 patients, a decision criticised by President Trump. IMPORTANT – a tweet provided by MP…

COVID-19 in Geneva, less than 11% have been infected

Université de GenèveShare Print E-Mail A study carried out among 2’766 people by the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), the Geneva Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases, and the University of Geneva (UNIGE),…

Study: In-vitro Tests Suggest the New York Covid-19 Strain is More Infectious

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Scientist analysing a variant strain of Covid prevalent in New York and Italy have claimed that the mutation they identified likely makes the NY and…

Who’s to blame? These three scientists are at the heart of the Surgisphere COVID-19 scandal

Congratulations to ScienceMag Instead of covering this up or ignoring until people forget, they’re actually running an article exposing the story behind the bizarre rushed studies and subsequent retractions. And…

Protests Reveal Little Threat of COVID-19 in Outside Air: Why Is Seattle Still Restricting Park Access?

Reposted from the Cliff Mass Weather Blog Thursday, June 11, 2020 As I discussed in a previous blog, there is little evidence of transmission of COVID-19 in outside air, with…

Climate, Coal, and Covid

A 20 minute, quite comprehensive, presentation.

British Public Now More Concerned About Coronavirus Than Climate Change

From The GWPF A new opinion poll commissioned by The Global Warming Policy Forum has revealed that when asked about the overall impact on humanity, the British public are now…

Green cities roadmap touts COVID-19 recovery stimulus

Australian roadmap says greening cities can help kickstart economy University of Melbourne A Roadmap to fast-track flourishing green roofs, walls and facades in Australian cities released today promotes six positive…

Medical Open Letter: Covid-19 is less of a Threat to Public Health than Racism

Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to a group of over 1000 health professionals, attending anti-racism protests is OK because systemic racism predated the Covid-19 outbreak. View Open Letter Original…

Covid-19 Leaked Emails: WHO Feared Chinese Scientists Would Suffer Reprisals if the WHO Criticised China

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Breitbart reports WHO scientists were reluctant to publicly criticise China, because they were worried Chinese scientists supplying information to the WHO would suffer reprisals. Report:…

Nevermind…Maybe HCQ not so bad.

As noted previously by Leo Goldstein, there has been a coordinated attempt by institutional press and academia to discredit the use of Hydroxychloroquine. https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/05/11/distributed-denial-of-hcq-to-covid-19-victims/ As noted in yesterday’s edition of…

Brazilian scientists and academics write an Open Letter on the “science” of the #coronavirus pandemic

From CONEXÃPOLÍTICA The coordinator of the statement is Marcos Nogueira Eberlin. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and holds a PhD in chemistry from the University…

When does government intervention make sense for COVID-19?

Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on May 29, 2020 by niclewis By Nic Lewis Introduction I showed in my last article that inhomogeneity within a population in…

Washington State Lacks a Rational Coronavirus Testing Approach: Can We Follow Oregon’s Lead?

From the Cliff Mass Weather Blog

COVID-19 is eroding scientific field work – and our knowledge of how the world is changing

Richard B. Primack, Boston University and Casey Setash, Colorado State University Editor’s note: Summer is prime time across much of North America for scientists to do field research outdoors. But…

Paris Agreement Architect: “… Governments Are Failing To Protect Citizens From COVID-19, Climate Change”

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Christiana Figueres has scolded the USA, UK and Brazil for not doing enough to protect their people. During her time as UN Executive Secretary for…

How COVID-19 Dooms the Climate: Another Silver Lining!

Guest “sarcastic reality check” by David Middleton The Global Economy’s Fuel GaugeOil powers almost all transportation—and Covid-19 will only intensify its dominance.Mark P. MillsMay 21, 2020 China is about one…

Researcher Dismisses New Chinese Covid-19 Outbreak Claims

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Frontline doctors in China have claimed a small Russian strain Covid-19 outbreak in North East China has a longer symptom free infectious period, making it…