“ANTI-VAXXERS COULD PREVENT ‘HERD IMMUNITY’ – and PROLONG THE PANDEMIC
Herd immunity is an unflattering term, but it's important: it means there's enough people that have been infected or vaccinated that the virus loses strength in its transmission through a society. And then the virus fades into the background, and stops spreading. But we won't reach herd immunity if too many people are unwilling to...
The Incredibly DANGEROUS STUPIDITY of Rejecting Science – and how it will screw us all
Study finds conservatives less willing than liberals to participate in research. From ScienceDaily: '"Our research shows that conservatives are less willing to participate in medical research than are liberals. This difference is due, in part, to ideological differences in trust in science," said Matthew Gabel, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences. There are...
Is Qanon actually someone’s experiment in Darwinian herd-thinning?
'Within the alternative universe of the "Q NEWS OFFICIAL TV" group on Telegram, coronavirus vaccines aren't saving lives and bending the pandemic toward its eventual end. Rather, they are bioweapons concocted by an evil cabal of corrupt government officials and drug companies.' These people are so stupid, that... "How stupid ARE they?" They're so stupid...
As if Qanon followers weren’t gullible enough already–NOW…
'"A year of YouTube fantasies about children being killed and eaten under cover of the "deep state" took a Highland Park actor, and grandson of a former Texas football coach, to the steps of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6. Luke Coffee, 41,... thought he was going to Washington for the second coming -- but not...
“Trump is coming back TOMORROW!” claim gullible Qanon believers
'The U.S. Capitol Police is bolstering security this week, warning that intelligence showed "a possible plot to breach the Capitol" by an identified militia group on Thursday, March 4. Previous intelligence warned of "concerning" threats related to a far-right conspiracy theory that former President Donald Trump will retake power on March 4, the date that...