Episode 20: Death-o-meter
Not Conformed
English - April 23, 2020 12:22 - 2 hours - 117 MB - ★★★★ - 20 ratingsEducation Society & Culture worldview culture philosophy politics religion Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
As the COVID-19 death-o-meter gradually lurches higher with an ever increasing death count, reaching allegedly unprecedented levels, the developed world is in a state of near-complete lockdown, with citizens under what amounts to be house arrest, living in fear of being the cause of someone else's death by slow COVID suffocation. The messaging from governments, the WHO and the mainstream media are consistent and clear: citizens must given up their freedoms in unprecedented ways to fight an invisible omnipresent enemy that threatens to kill the weak and frail among us; if you don't comply, you are an unethical, selfish enemy of humanity. You must conform, or else. In this episode we deconstruct the messaging surrounding COVID-19 and bring clear, rigorous scientific thinking in the midst of this crazy COVID chaos. We reveal how public messaging is scientifically engineered, how health authorities are using fear, extreme computer model projections, the presentation of speculation as fact, and claims of scientific consensus to manipulate your behavior and worldview. Prepare to be deprogrammed!
Episode Timeline & Notes0:00:00 - Introduction
YouTube | Trudeau responds to question about wearing non-medical masks | COVID-19YouTube | Speaking Moistly Remix - Official 2020 anthem by anonymotifYouTube | COVID StaycationIssues, Etc. | 1073. Psychedelic Drugs – 4/16/20Issues, Etc. | 1113. Responding to Listener Email and the Issues, Etc. Comment Line, 4/20/20 (@34:45)0:07:16 - Behavioural Research for behavioral engineering
YouTube | COVID-19 update: Trudeau warns of potential enforcement measuresNature | How behavioural science data helps mitigate the COVID-19 crisisYouTube | Simpsons S22 EP6: The Full Monty - (House Cat Flu)0:18:42 - Be Afraid - Fear Tactic
BBC News | Coronavirus: Paris bans daytime outdoor exerciseBrian Williams - Our Job Is to Scare People to Death | No Agenda 1230 ClipsYouTube | New Rule: Panic Porn | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)National Post | Officials can't explain why emergency alert didn't go out as gunman tore through Nova ScotiaYouTube | Senator Dr. Scott JensenYouTube | Perspectives on the Pandemic | Dr John Ioannidis of Stanford University | Episode 100:31:45 - Media/Governmental Overstatements
YouTube | COVID-19 is 10 times more deadly than swine flu: WHO | AFPYouTube | Perspectives on the Pandemic | Dr John Ioannidis of Stanford University | Episode 1STAT | A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable dataYouTube | Perspectives on the Pandemic | Professor Knut Wittkowski | Episode 20:45:55 - 2017-18 Flu season
CCD | Estimated Influenza Illnesses, Medical visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths in the United States - 2017-2018 influenza seasonLA Times | California hospitals face a ‘war zone’ of flu patients — and are setting up tents to treat themCNN | Flu season deaths top 80,000 last year, CDC saysTime | Hospitals Overwhelmed by Flu Patients Are Treating Them in Tents...YouTube | MN Sen & Dr. Scott Jensen said that he received a 7 pg doc from MN Health to fill out deathCNN | US coronavirus death totals compiled by CDC will now include 'probable' casesYouTube | The Fight against COVID-19: An Update from Dr. Jay Bhattacharyamedrxiv.org | COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, CaliforniaNew York Post | Can the coronavirus be spread through farts?
1:00:33 - Memes - Flatten the Curve
New York Times | Flattening the Coronavirus CurveNational Post | "That is a surprise": Doctors still waiting for feared surge of COVID-19 patients in Canadian ICUsNY Times | ‘People Are Dying’: 72 Hours Inside a N.Y.C. Hospital Battling CoronavirusABC News | Inside the coronavirus 'Ground Zero': Elmhurst Hospital in New York CityNew York Times | 3 Deaths in a Day: An ‘Apocalyptic’ Coronavirus Surge at an N.Y.C. HospitalTwitter | #DancingNurses@sharprednails | How do our overstretched #NHS frontlines workers find the time to fit in so much dancing?@JohnnyMerica123 | #HowScaredAreYou How scared of the 'Rona are you? #DancingNursesCOVID-19 financial damage forces West Virginia hospital to close1:11:39 - Bias in Cost Assessment
National Post | Why draconian measures may not work: Two experts say we should prioritize those at risk from COVID-19 than to try to contain the uncontainableRT | As a GP, I fear our Covid-19 lockdown will result in significantly more deaths than we are trying to preventYouTube | Perspectives on the Pandemic | Dr John Ioannidis of Stanford University | Episode 1MarketWatch | Anti-anxiety medication prescriptions have spiked 34% during the coronavirus pandemicCNBC | Could you get PTSD from your pandemic experience? The long-term mental health effects of coronavirus1:22:38 - Tactical Use of Models
COVID-19 in Canada: Using data and modelling to inform public health actionYouTube | Ontario releases updated COVID-19 projections – April 20, 2020YouTube | Perspectives on the Pandemic | Professor Knut Wittkowski | Episode 2YouTube | Questioning Conventional Wisdom in the COVID-19 Crisis, with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya1:37:08 - Messaging to Kids
Summit News | CBC Instructs Kids on How to Shut Down Their Parents’ “Conspiracy Theories”@CBCTheNational | Is uncle Bob spreading COVID-19 misinformation in the family group chat? This doesn't have to be awkward.YouTube | Senator Dr. Scott Jensen1:41:33 - Scientific Consensus
The Lancet | Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19The Lancet | Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor bindingThe Lancet - Comment | Early in the epidemic: impact of preprints on global discourse about COVID-19 transmissibility1:55:33 - Messaging about the Church
2:03:59 - Summary & Conclusion
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