Shameless agenda mixing, exploiting people's suffering &lack of autonomy:
"Climate Is Everything: How the pandemic can lead us to a better, greener world"

After a year of authoritarianism &damage unheard of in peacetime, no one has any business leading anyone else anywhere...
1/
Whatever your views on climate or any of the other agendas being pushed, whatever your personal vision for the world, consider how evil it is to wish to exploit other people's suffering & current lack of freedom & security as an opportunity to force your wishes upon them.
2/
After a year of authoritarianism &damage unheard of in peacetime, no one has any business leading anyone else anywhere...

People are to be given back their lives to live as they wish.
Not as you wish.
Not as I wish.
Not as any self-proclaimed messiah wishes.
As THEY wish.
END
3/
h/t @MarkChangizi , who I think holds a similar view on the matter.

4/

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Ruminator Dan

Ruminator Dan Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @RuminatorDan

15 Apr
"The next critical step in reaching herd immunity is being able to vaccinate children and Stanford announced Wednesday the process is already underway."
- NBC, Bay Area
1/
"Stanford is part of a trial with Pfizer to test the COVID-19 vaccine on children under the age of 5, and 3-year-old Eloise Lacour is an important part of this anticipated trial."
2/
"We know that getting herd immunity is a big part of getting back to whatever normal will look like in the future," said Eloise's parents Angelica and Chris Lacour."
3/
Read 5 tweets
14 Apr
"Ministers plan to force care home workers to have a coronavirus vaccination as a condition of their employment, the & (DHSC) has said"

Not exactly in keeping with what Boris said about the vaccine yesterday, is it? (& Trudeau... & you know who...)
1/ Image
This is what Boris said yesterday, by the way.
2/
Read 4 tweets
26 Jan
“We need you more than ever to help us change course, end fragility, avert climate catastrophe & build the equitable and sustainable future we want & need” - UN chief addressing Davos

The "future we want & need?"
I don't recall being asked what I want or need. Were you asked? ImageImage
"The Secretary-General emphasized that pandemic recovery must be inclusive while also tackling climate change & biodiversity loss."

"Must"?!

Of course, such omniscient self proclaimed messiahs have always been with us. And, unlike others, I respect everyone's right...
...to freedom of thought & expression, even if I do not like what they say.

But - please - trying to use a pandemic & the suffering - & consequent lack of much ability to protest - of millions as an opportunity to thrust one's own agenda upon the world is repugnant.
Read 6 tweets
7 Dec 20
"London could be plunged into Tier 3"
"The R rate in London is currently 0.9 to 1.1, higher than the England-wide average of 0.8 to 1." - Telegraph

AN ABYSMAL MISUNDERSTANDING OF LOGIC & MATHS

Please read & r/t:
"most recent week of complete data, ending Dec 1, showed a rate of 164 cases per 100,000 in London, up from 159 the previous week."

Up by 3% in a week. Can we be sure it isn't noise? Even if real, at that rate the doubling time is over 5 months! In spring it was a few days.
What about the R rate?
"The R rate in London is currently 0.9 to 1.1, higher than the England-wide average of 0.8 to 1"

London's R is around 1. Just what you'd expect if the virus was at a low, fairly stable prevalence or was virtually gone & most 'cases' were false positives.
Read 6 tweets
27 Nov 20
Do we not see the mass psychosis that has engulfed us? Government - & unelected advisers - advising on the idea & legality of hugging ones own family?

Do those speaking not sense anything amiss?
Do we who hear it not notice how normal being spoken to in this way now feels?
What we are doing, imo, runs counter to observed reality (see below).

Even if we disagree though about exactly how dangerous the virus is, we can still agree that what is going on is wrong and dangerous.
I did find one very wise point in C Whitty's words:

"'The fact that you can do something, this is true across so many other areas of life, doesn't mean you should."

But this applies to everyone; not only to the public.

CW & others might better help us all by pondering that.
Read 4 tweets
27 Nov 20
_England & Wales Autumn Covid deaths show regional heterogeneity. London, in particular, is interesting_

London's more severe & earlier spring growth may well explain why it has, to date, seen less of an autumn rise.

[Charts normalised by ytd non-covid deaths.]
[27Nov2020_1] Image
The generally held belief is that only a small percentage of people have so far been infected by SARS-CoV-2 & that the vast majority remain susceptible to infection - hence all the measures taken.

There are, however, reasons & evidence suggesting that this is not the case.
If the vast majority of people were still susceptible, one would expect growth everywhere. However, autumn rises have varied greatly across regions.

London especially, given its nature (crowding etc) would be expected to show aggressive growth, as it did in spring.

It has not. Image
Read 15 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!