Chapter 18 in the R.M. Dolin book, “Truth and Trust in Crisis,” 2021 COVID is the first viral crisis of the digital age possessing unprecedented dependence on data to plan policy and manage mayhem. Before America sees its first COVID death on February 29, 2020, …
Read MoreVaccines à la Children of Thalidomide
Chapter 16 in the R.M. Dolin book, “Truth and Trust in Crisis,” 2021 How does the COVID crisis end given the virus is with us forever and no one in government, media, or the medical profession is capable of responsibly discussing acceptable death rates, virial …
Read MoreLies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Chapter 15 in the R.M. Dolin book, “Truth and Trust in Crisis,” 2021 “There are lies, damn lies, and statistics” – Mark Twain We began our COVID crisis assessment trusting government predictions while assuming academic projections are truthful and valid. To bound our suddenly terrorizing …
Read MoreFollow the Science: The Fallacy of Facemasks
Chapter 14 in the R.M. Dolin book, “Truth and Trust in Crisis.” “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. …
Read MoreNational Narratives
Chapter 13 in the R.M. Dolin book, “Truth and Trust in Crisis,” 2021 The U.S. is one of many countries struggling with how best to promote their COVID narrative; Russia for example, denies even having COVID, well at least until they nominate fearless leader for …
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Chapter 12 in the R.M. Dolin book “Truth and Trust in Crisis,” 2021 Herd Immunity occurs when a significantly large percentage of a population is exposed to contagion and the contagion dies out for lack of viable hosts and pathways for transmission.[1] A key premise …
Read MoreQuarantines in Crisis
Chapter 11 in the R.M. Dolin book, “Truth and Trust in Crisis.” In response to the COVID crisis, states across the nation implemented varying forms of quarantine; first to flatten the curve ahead of Armageddon Day on April 14th and then to slow virus spread. …
Read MoreLetting Actuaries Have Their Say
Chapter 10 in the R.M. Dolin book, “Truth and Trust in Crisis,” 2021 We have asserted with increasing confidence that CDC data is being manipulated and falsified, causing us to seek other sources of truth from agents we trust. One such source is actuarial data; …
Read MoreOur Post Pandemic Pandemic
Chapter 9 in the R.M. Dolin book, “Truth and Trust in Crisis,” 2021 In early June of 2020, the CDC declares America’s part of the global COVID crisis is over. While this is fantastic news it comes with a cautionary caveat, namely, deadly viruses can …
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