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My blacklist of accounts tweeting bad covid-19 misinformation:
@EthicalSkeptic
@justin_hart
@boriquagato
@RebelACole
Not surprisingly they sometimes retweet each other's bull
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@EthicalSkeptic
@justin_hart
@boriquagato
@RebelACole
Not surprisingly they sometimes retweet each other's bull
...
A few examples of misinformation they spread:
@justin_hart, 6/25: https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1280569134258905090 «deaths are not going to come close to what Team Panic claims» Reality: deaths shot up, exactly as my detailed forecast predicted: https://twitter.com/zorinaq/status/1284544739958648832
1/N
@justin_hart, 6/25: https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1280569134258905090 «deaths are not going to come close to what Team Panic claims» Reality: deaths shot up, exactly as my detailed forecast predicted: https://twitter.com/zorinaq/status/1284544739958648832
1/N
@EthicalSkeptic, 6/8: https://twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic/status/1270044372252397572 «Arizona not in a bonafide increase» Reality: they were, it was obvious, daily deaths are up 3x since then
@boriquagato: He often posts bogus data & false claims. I exposed some of it in that blog post: http://blog.zorinaq.com/stay-at-home-orders-in-the-us/
2/N
@boriquagato: He often posts bogus data & false claims. I exposed some of it in that blog post: http://blog.zorinaq.com/stay-at-home-orders-in-the-us/
2/N
@RebelAcole, 7/6: https://twitter.com/zorinaq/status/1285799557779951616 accused me of "fear-mongering" with my forecast predicting deaths to rise in Florida. Reality: my forecast was perfectly accurate: https://twitter.com/zorinaq/status/1284544739958648832
3/N
3/N
@EthicalSkeptic regularly posts his famous chart of cases where he divides the number of cases by the number of tests to make it look like cases are down
Or he makes charts with 2 y-axes where their scales are adjusted to artificially make the 2 curves align (classic trick)
4/N
Or he makes charts with 2 y-axes where their scales are adjusted to artificially make the 2 curves align (classic trick)
4/N
Let's be clear: SOME of the info they post is correct. They post just enough accurate info to give an appearance they know what they are doing.
But their "alternate viewpoints", shall we say, are usually... bogus.
5/N
But their "alternate viewpoints", shall we say, are usually... bogus.
5/N
And a common theme among these accounts is that they appear to lack foresight or intuition where things are headed.
For example on numerous times they denied the situation was worsening in Arizona, Florida, Texas, even when it was obvious.
6/N
For example on numerous times they denied the situation was worsening in Arizona, Florida, Texas, even when it was obvious.
6/N
When someone points out errors in their data or logic, they are immediately blocked.
I have been blocked.
(Not by @justin_hart though, he just ignores critics)
These accounts don't like their views to be challenged in any way. Gotta protect their sheep followers.
7/N
I have been blocked.
(Not by @justin_hart though, he just ignores critics)
These accounts don't like their views to be challenged in any way. Gotta protect their sheep followers.
7/N
I'll leave that here. @EthicalSkeptic blocks at the slightest critic (and @CT_Bergstrom isn't exactly a nobody)
8/N https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1243055542655803393
8/N https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1243055542655803393
In: https://twitter.com/zorinaqapi/status/1291480415597809665 @EthicalSkeptic doesn't understand excess deaths
CDC computes:
A=average expected deaths
U=upper bound expected death
212k excess death are measured above A and 156k above U
@EthicalSketic thinks 156k is a current value & 212k a future estimate
9/N
CDC computes:
A=average expected deaths
U=upper bound expected death
212k excess death are measured above A and 156k above U
@EthicalSketic thinks 156k is a current value & 212k a future estimate
9/N
