I am stunned by the amount of misinformation on the topic. So here is meteorologist @mikebettes explaining what happened during the Nepal glacial collapse. Listen to experts.
1/ COVID CONTRARIANS: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PREDICTIONS?
Spend much time in antivaccine circles and you’ll recognize these names. Kevin McKernan. Angus Dalgleish. Norman Fenton. Geert Vanden Bossche. Robert Clancy.
They’re frequently presented as courageous experts who challenged the establishment—and therefore as people history will eventually vindicate.
But contrarianism isn’t evidence.
Several of these men have substantial credentials. The better question is much simpler:
What exactly did they claim—and, after several years and billions of vaccine doses, did the predicted world actually appear?
This short thread takes five controversial claims and applies the same test to each:
CLAIM → WHAT SHOULD WE SEE IF IT’S TRUE? → WHAT DID THE EVIDENCE ACTUALLY SHOW?
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At Planet America we're sorry we took the last 2 weeks off. So as a public service, here's a quick catch-up of what we missed covering. (thanks to @ScottAbbot ) Oh, and there's a 50min special tonight at 9pm.
COVID and 'flu cases in residential aged care are exploding at the highest rate in more than a year. No-one seems to care. It's now up to individual facilities to make their own decisions about infection control. 35% of facilities are run for profit. It will be interesting in years to come to compare the rate of disease in for-profit to no for profit facilities.
Starting insulin for the first time can be challenging. There is so much you need to know. To help you get started there is Living with insulin which has 11 short modules you can go through in your own time to help you feel more confident using insulin. https://t.co/QMuWhVQA3Y