Peak Coronavirus Idiocy Contest
Here are some entries for the First Annual Coronavirus Peak Idiocy Awards. Since this disease, or another like it, is likely to recur, this will likely not be our last…
Coronavirus Update X: Juicing The Numbers, Prolonging The Pain
All the good stuff, caveats, code, data sources and explanations are linked, some in Update III, and the most important in Update II, Update IV, Update V, Update VI, Update…
Yes Like The Flu, Yes Like Car Crashes, Yes Like…
First Section updated For Sorry Ari Fans Many have asked me to comment on The New Atlantis article “Not Like the Flu, Not Like Car Crashes, Not Like…” by Ari…
Summary Against Modern Thought: Not All Sex Is Sinful
Previous post. Puritanism is not a viable option. THAT NOT ALL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IS SINFUL 1 Now, just as it is contrary to reason for a man to perform the…
The Week In Doom: There Will Be Priestesses Edition
We are weeks behind in Doom. Doom other than the virus, that is. Here’s a small attempt to catch up. Item Taylor Marshall reports “Yes, so Bishops are officially ‘commissioning…
The Tyranny Of Models
From reader Alistair Haimes comes this note about the Imperial College model, a note which will illustrate the tyranny of models. So, the errors in the Imperial College covid-19 model.…
Everybody Now Dies Of Coronavirus
You will have already seen the headline: N.Y.C. Death Toll Soars Past 10,000 in Revised Virus Count. The city has added more than 3,700 additional people who were presumed to…
Should We Have Trusted Expert Epidemiological Models?
Neil Ferguson and his Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team colleagues scared the world silly in mid-March. They announced they ran a sophisticated epidemiological model which said Doom was on the…