Patients with undiagnosed flu symptoms who actually had COVID-19 last winter were among thousands of undetected early cases of the disease at the beginning of this year.
Tag: Coronavirus
Coronavirus accelerates the trend of declining US transit ridership
Buses, trains, streetcars, and ferry boats transport more than 27 million people each day in the United States. But U.S. public transit ridership has been declining for the last five…
Does Universal Mask Wearing Decrease or Increase the Spread of COVID-19?
A survey of peer-reviewed studies shows that universal mask wearing (as opposed to wearing masks in specific settings) does not decrease the transmission of respiratory viruses from people wearing masks…
Socio-economic, environmental impacts of COVID-19 quantified
The first comprehensive study of the pandemic shows consumption losses amount to more than US$3.8 trillion, triggering full-time equivalent job losses of 147 million and the biggest-ever drop in greenhouse…
Is the UK government misleading the public on COVID tests?
By Neil Lock So, that’s over 9 million COVID tests done in the UK up to June 27th a.m. Sounds pretty impressive, doesn’t it? As of today (July 1st), that…
Now crystal clear: the left is weaponizing science for its benefit
I’m old enough to remember when we still had 12 years left to save the planet just two years ago. That dire prediction was just as laughable as what Birol…
Did lockdowns really save 3 million COVID-19 deaths, as Flaxman et al. claim?
Key points about the recent Nature paper by Flaxman and other Imperial College modellers
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…
To Halt Climate Change, We Need an Ecological Leninism
From Jacobin Nothing is over the top any more. Insanity or hyperbole? You decide. Despite the obvious parallels with coronavirus shutdowns, states still show little determination to put in place…
COVID Censorship at ResearchGate: Facts about Face Coverings Covered Up?
Guest post by Robert Kernodle A Website that Makes Research Open to All? My title has a question mark in it, and my first heading has a question mark in…
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 Extremism is Dividing Democrats
From Inside Sources Posted to Energy June 08, 2020 by Teri Christoph Americans need true cooperation among their elected leaders during the coronavirus outbreak, but many left-leaning politicians are trying…
COVID-19 Global Economic Downturn not Affecting CO2 Rise: May 2020 Update
Reposted from Dr. Roy Spencer’s blog June 5th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The Mauna Loa atmospheric CO2 concentration data continue to show no reduction in the rate…
Lancet, New England Journal retract Covid-19 studies, including one that raised safety concerns about malaria drugs
From Stat By Andrew Joseph @DrewQJoseph June 4, 2020Reprints The Lancet, one of the world’s top medical journals, on Thursday retracted an influential study that raised alarms about the safety…
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…
Prioritizing climate over pandemics
We need a full accounting of what was spent preparing for the ‘climate crisis’ versus COVID Paul Driessen As of May 20, the United States had more than 1.5 million…
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