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ANTI-VIRUS: THE COVID-19 FAQ Tackling the worst Covid Sceptic myths and detailing the track records of prominent Covid Sceptics.
Made by me, @NeilDotObrien, @salonium, @StuartJRitchie, @Birdyword, @MrRBourne and others.
Please read and RT! https://www.covidfaq.co/
Anti-Virus has two parts. The first rebuts popular myths about Covid, such as the myth that it's no more deadly than the flu, or the myth that lockdowns cause more deaths than they save.
The second highlights the track records of people we call "Covid Sceptics" – from credentialled academics like Sunetra Gupta to online cranks like Michael Yeadon.
It uses their own words to show how *consistently* wrong they have been throughout the pandemic.
It uses their own words to show how *consistently* wrong they have been throughout the pandemic.
For example, some of you may have seen this thread about Allison Pearson's Covid track record: https://twitter.com/s8mb/status/1344997629416140805
Anti-Virus collects those and more claims of hers, in one handy place.
https://www.covidfaq.co/Allison-Pearson-291c3cdd9ab04c8e8d6f6cbdaf12cd21
Anti-Virus collects those and more claims of hers, in one handy place.
https://www.covidfaq.co/Allison-Pearson-291c3cdd9ab04c8e8d6f6cbdaf12cd21
We hope it's a resource for people who have heard some of these myths and want to learn more.
It might also be a resource for journalists interviewing some of the people we list, so they can ask sceptical questions about their claims and track record.
It might also be a resource for journalists interviewing some of the people we list, so they can ask sceptical questions about their claims and track record.
This is a collaborative, volunteer project. It's been done by @NeilDotObrien, @salonium, @StuartJRitchie, @Birdyword, @MrRBourne, @MWStory, @Law_Rhetoric, @KitsonJ1, me, and others. I hope you find it useful.
Ok: site went down but we're back, and we've fixed the "iOS app" error some people were having. Thank you to @hostnotion for all the help getting this working!
In time, we'll be able to use this site to join up the dots between various different people – eg, here Ross Clark (whose page is neverending – https://www.covidfaq.co/Ross-Clark-79571f96f0df42778870c4764993c3a2) cites a dodgy IFR stat from Carl Heneghan / the CEBM, which we discuss on their page. https://www.covidfaq.co/Carl-Heneghan-and-Tom-Jefferson-Oxford-CEBM-eb9a2ceaff164e90a718a30e4fd14e95
Really nice piece about the Covid FAQ in the Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/covid-sceptics-new-statesman-magazine-the-mescal-effect-b900588.html
