1\ I hope nobody will ever forget the hysteria of March, 2020
It was the only time in my life where 99% of people believed in a reality that was not only false, but *obviously* false
Let's take a look at a NYT article from March 26. It's a perfect example of the mass delusion
It was the only time in my life where 99% of people believed in a reality that was not only false, but *obviously* false
Let's take a look at a NYT article from March 26. It's a perfect example of the mass delusion
2\ "The Other Option Is Death" is pretty clear. We'd been told (despite a complete lack of evidence) that Northern Italians were being left to die because hospitals lacked ventilators
Now, here is the NYT seeming to tell us that we are already out of ventilators. Wow!
Now, here is the NYT seeming to tell us that we are already out of ventilators. Wow!
3\ Surely the NYT wouldn't lie, right? Let's read the article. The first paragraph confirms that patients are already being forced to share ventilators.
The NYT calls it a "desperate measure"
Jeez, those "Just the Flu" bros sure were wrong, weren't they?
The NYT calls it a "desperate measure"
Jeez, those "Just the Flu" bros sure were wrong, weren't they?
4\ The next paragraph confirms it again. America is *already* out of ventilators
If, like me, you were in daily contact with NYC hospitals, you might be puzzled at this point. Because NYC hospital administrators denied this stuff privately
But hey, it's the NYT
If, like me, you were in daily contact with NYC hospitals, you might be puzzled at this point. Because NYC hospital administrators denied this stuff privately
But hey, it's the NYT
5\ Further along is a video of a grim looking doctor inviting us to believe that NYC could either let three patients die, or try a risky sharing of ventilators.
Just imagine the gall of those "Flu Bros" claiming that NYC ICUs still had capacity left
I was one of those bros
Just imagine the gall of those "Flu Bros" claiming that NYC ICUs still had capacity left
I was one of those bros
6\ We are now 10 paragraphs into the article titled "The Other Option Is Death: New York Starts Sharing of Ventilators"
And then, all of a sudden, this paragraph. Wow.
And then, all of a sudden, this paragraph. Wow.
7\ That's right. "The hospital has not yet run out of ventilators".
And it never did. The entire article was the NYT engaging in "what if" scare mongering about a set of predictions that @NYGovCuomo made to justify his lockdown
Hospitals were merely disaster planning
And it never did. The entire article was the NYT engaging in "what if" scare mongering about a set of predictions that @NYGovCuomo made to justify his lockdown
Hospitals were merely disaster planning
8\ I could find a hundred articles like this one. The young healthy doc who dies of COVID-19 turns out to have horrific comorbidities
The overwhelmed hospital in Atlanta turns out to have been flooded in December
A 26yo doctor who dies of COVID-19 in NYC literally doesn't exist
The overwhelmed hospital in Atlanta turns out to have been flooded in December
A 26yo doctor who dies of COVID-19 in NYC literally doesn't exist
9\ I'm sure that March, 2020 was the spookiest month of my life
I was living in one reality, where NJ hospitals were empty, NYC hospital admins told me they were coping, and reams of data said COVID-19 was less dangerous than flu for those under middle age
I was living in one reality, where NJ hospitals were empty, NYC hospital admins told me they were coping, and reams of data said COVID-19 was less dangerous than flu for those under middle age
10\ But in the other reality, occupied by 99% of the world, our papers of record were reporting literal ghost stories (NYT reported on a nonexistent doctor dying)
I hope I never live through another period of mass delusion like this.
I hope I never live through another period of mass delusion like this.
