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Political Psychology Series Episode 8 - Professor William M. Briggs

1 hour 3 minutes Posted Nov 25, 2020 at 3:21 am.

Worldwide reaction to Covid-19

Where has the flu gone?

Are lockdowns beneficial?

Cases vs Infections

Zero tolerance policy on infections or deaths

Trust the ‘all cause death rate’ instead

The statistics debunking Covid-19’s lethality

Identifying Covid-19 as the cause of death

Measuring cases instead of deaths keeps the panic going

How do we break out of the panic?

Trump vs Johnson in their response to contracting Covid-19

Should we be scared of Covid-19?

Why are we seeing such ‘amazing’ results in Australia and NZ?

Praising Dan Andrews and Jacinda Arden’s lockdown policy

Lockdowns didn’t work everywhere

People ignore real statistics

Leaders let citizens down by not being realistic

Which leader is doing it right?

Living in the Technocracy

Scientism and morality

Appeals to authority

Masks debunked

Have people forgotten we have immune systems?

Complicity with bad leadership

Civil disobedience in the US

Have scientists been swept up in the hype?

Where do we go for trustworthy information?

Why are people buying the hype and staying in a panic state?

Future predictions

Economic effects of the pandemic

Should we make policy decisions based on modelling?

Models are only as good as their assumptions

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Professor William M. Briggs is a statistician and scientist. Previously a Professor at the Cornell Medical School he specialized in Mathematical Statistics amongst other academic pursuits such as cryptology, atmospheric physics and meteorology.

His latest book ‘The Price of Panic’ explores the cost of the global response to COVID-19.

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Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/pDT6Cq175es

Check out his blog: http://wmbriggs.com

Read the book: https://www.alibris.com/The-Price-of-Panic-How-the-Tyranny-of-Experts-Turned-a-Pandemic-Into-a-Catastrophe-Jay-W-Richards/book/47726042

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