The ‘Party of Science’ aka Idiot’s Delight (Addended)

George Rebane

Well, the cat is finally clawing its way out of the bag, bit by piece.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is beginning to admit that it has completely mismanaged the major pandemic of the 21^st century.  As numerous observers, analysts, and scientists have repeatedly pointed out over the last four years, the agency has “failed in its core responsibility, which is to track diseases, collect data to inform decision-making, and deploy resources to support local public-health responses.”  Instead, it became the lackey of the evil Democratic Party which has long proclaimed itself as ‘the party of science’ and used the CDC as its willing political pawn.

CDC’s main mama, Dr Rochelle Walensky, can’t quite bring herself to admit the utter catastrophe that she launched with the aid of Dr Anthony Fauci, spiritual advisor who only spoke ex cathedra with words directly from God.  America put up with their gobbledygook for almost four years, and continues in some measure to follow it today.

As data kept pouring in from all over the world that contradicted their various and varying policies dictating masking, social distancing, lockdowns, vaccination, boosters, etc, they remained steadfast in their own ‘science’ which supported the command and control stance of the Democratic Party hard on the heels of hunting Donald Trump.

So today Dr Walensky is busy “shuffling the bureaucratic deck with emphasis on action and equity”, finding fault with no one, and issuing a “diagnosis and prescription (which) are both wrong.”  RR has long pointed out that science does not speak with but one voice, and rampant uncertainties exist in testing and therapeutics which need to be taken into account when making and reviewing policies.  None of that has happened.  All pronouncements of policy have been read from stone tablets by Walensky and Fauci in their original form, while ignoring the growing stack of discarded tablets that no longer served the purpose du jour.

Besides clearly side-stepping science, the CDC also ventured into new fields.  “While failing at its core responsibility, the CDC has stretched its powers and mission. Consider a CDC study in May, which attributed increased gun violence in 2020 among young, black men in part to ‘longstanding systemic inequities and structural racism.’ Its suggested remedy: More government transfer payments.”

The Walensky/Fauci team became science unto themselves.  Of the many studies and analyses they continued to ignore were about masks and lockdowns.  “The states without mandates actually had slightly fewer Covid deaths per capita.  International comparisons yield similar results. A Johns Hopkins University meta-analysis of studies around the world concluded that lockdown and mask restrictions have had ‘little to no effect on COVID-19 mortality.’”

In these pages we have presented data and analyzed the ‘excess mortality rates’ under differing Covid mandates.  “Florida and Sweden were accused of deadly folly for keeping schools and businesses open without masks, but their policies have been vindicated. In Florida the cumulative age-adjusted rate of Covid mortality is below the national average, and the rate of excess mortality is lower than in California, which endured one of the nation’s strictest lockdowns and worst spikes in unemployment. Sweden’s cumulative rate of excess mortality is one of the lowest in the world, and there’s one particularly dismal difference between it and the rest of Europe as well as America: the number of younger adults who died not from Covid but from the effects of lockdowns.”

And here comes the crux of the matter – the tens of thousands of primarily young people who died of causes collateral to the lockdowns.  These were mainly from drug overdoses and suicides.  “Even in 2020, Sweden’s worst year of the pandemic, the mortality rate remained normal among Swedes under 70. Meanwhile, the death rate surged among younger adults in the U.S., and a majority of them died from causes other than Covid. In Sweden, there have been no excess deaths from non-Covid causes during the pandemic, but in the U.S. there have been more than 170,000 of these excess deaths.”

Even after evidence of such deaths and the ineffectiveness of lockdowns became known, the CDC and our federal government continued their insane mandates causing untold additional deaths and suffering.  All these can be laid at the feet of the party of science and their bureaucratic mouthpieces.  But when the dust finally settles, you can be sure that no one will be held responsible; moreover, no one will even admit that horrible mistakes have been made since Covid’s landfall in January 2020.

As the Covid disaster unfolded, the Democratic Party made sure that their constituency of national lackies in the lamestream and on main street kept up the constant drumbeat of accusing everyone who disagreed with their proscriptions and prescriptions of being Neanderthals and not ‘following the science’.  Now they are silent while brooding about the next spate of big lies that will absolve them of any responsibility – after all, the whole thing was still Donald Trump’s fault.  (Unfortunately, RR’s policy of open debate on all unsupported opinions and unfounded allegations also gave a platform for local loonies of the left to castigate more reasonable voices during the depth of the pandemic.)

“It was bad enough that Dr. Fauci, the CDC and the WHO ignored the best scientific advice at the start of this pandemic. It’s sociopathic for them to promote a worse catastrophe for future outbreaks. If a drug company behaved this way, ignoring evidence while marketing an ineffective treatment with fatal side effects, its executives would be facing lawsuits, bankruptcy and probably criminal charges. Dr. Fauci and his fellow public officials can’t easily be sued, but they need to be put out of business long before the next pandemic.” (more here and here)

[Addendum]  Having meticulously followed science to advise and illuminate our Covid response policies, along with the legislation just passed, we now regird our loins with that self-same science for our country’s final charge into a carbon-free world, ferreting out and exhuming fossil fuels in whatever form they may still be promoted by climate deniers under the guise economic need and transition feasibility.  As with Covid, we will brook no compromise on where climate science has unequivocally led us, no matter the howls from nay sayers.  If we have to sacrifice humanity on the altar of saving the planet, so be it.  Onward!

Comments

[Bill Tozer]

If you want to clean up the CDC, Director Rochelle Walensky should resign. Oh goody, reforms next year? Hey, it’s August. How about reforms now? Opps, how silly of me.

CDC MISUNDERSTANDS WHY PEOPLE HATE IT, REORGANIZES ANYWAY

https://clarion.causeaction.com/2022/08/19/cdc-misunderstands-why-people-hate-it-reorganizes-anyway/
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Rochelle Walensky wants to overhaul the CDC. She should begin by firing herself

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/walensky-wants-overhaul-the-cdc-she-should-begin-by-firing-herself

[RT Policy Denier]

Science and “policy deniers”

‘The green threat to the First Amendment’
Freedom of speech must include the freedom to question climate-change policy.

“But what is striking about McCarthy’s authoritarian disdain for ‘climate-change misinformation’ is that she says she wants to chase down not only those who supposedly deny ‘the science’, but also those who question government policy.

McCarthy says denialism has moved on. ‘Now it’s not so much denying the problem [of climate change]’, she says; rather, it’s ‘seeding doubt about the costs associated with [green energy] and whether they work or not’. So we’ve gone from science denialism to… what? Political denialism? Policy denialism?”

https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/08/18/the-green-threat-to-the-first-amendment/

[Scott O]

RT 3:06 - Anyone in govt stating that there needs to be some sort of limit on what can be put forth in the public arena of ideas is a very dangerous person.
Dangerous to the very notion of what is good about America.
Shooting them does no good at all as the problem is what kind of govt puts a person like that in a prominent position? They can always find another of the same ilk and why in God's name did they allow that sort of remark to go public and not issue a serious rebuke?
And people think Trump is 'dangerous to democracy'?
When did Trump ever, ever, say anything about limiting what citizens could express in public?
Where are the protests from the left or the "centrists" Dems?
Idiots, sheep and cowards - all of them.

[Don Bessee]

Hey dont worry if you cannot charge your tesla and have to turn off your AC the party of science will screw you any way they can -

https://news.yahoo.com/california-nuke-extension-challenged-legislative-021916883.html

;-)

[Scott O]

Don - 8:13 - Has anyone considered the term "renewable energy"?
It seems the 'energy' might be free but the means of transferring the solar energy into electricity is not 'renewable'.
We only have so much of the completely non-renewable elements that are used up (destroyed) in the quest of 'free' energy.
But I might be in contravention of allowable speech according to the new masters of the universe.

[Scott O]

And it isn't just the solar panels - batteries are the really big thing to think about.
As in - Afghanistan has the world's largest known amounts of lithium. Golly - what certain Dem president just a year ago handed that country over to the CCP?
Well - he got 10% so it's all good.
Here are some things to think about if you are a thinking person.
https://interestingengineering.com/science/renewable-energy-paradox-solar-panels-and-their-toxic-waste

https://www.intelligentliving.co/what-happens-to-old-wind-turbines-the-answers-not-so-eco-friendly/

This puts the Pollyanna spin on batteries
https://www.quora.com/Will-electric-cars-cause-us-to-run-out-of-the-materials-used-to-make-batteries

"Therefore, in theory, battery materials can be recycled into new batteries. Of course, this can not always be done economically."
'In theory' - sounds pretty solid.
Who cares about it being 'economic'? Just those stupid conservatives.

[Don Bessee]

The brits are already in sociatl melt down with the cra cra iditols following the lead of that mentally ill kiddie banshee the G5 set put out as a leader. LOL

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/britain-plunging-deeper-crisis-day-041727454.html

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Ben Shapiro Warns CDC Has A Bigger Motive Behind Its ‘Shake-Up’

https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-warns-cdc-has-a-bigger-motive-behind-its-shake-up

[Bill Tozer]

'Mind-boggling negligence': How the feds consistently got COVID wrong
From masks and distancing to vaccines and therapeutics, federal pronouncements and actions have confidently rebuffed contrary evidence before sometimes — quietly — coming around.

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/mind-boggling-negligence-how-feds-consistently-got-covid-wrong

[RT]

Oakland Teachers Found Out The Hard Way The Social Justice Model Of Reading Is A Disaster

https://www.dailywire.com/news/oakland-teachers-found-out-the-hard-way-the-social-justice-model-of-reading-is-a-disaster?

[Bill Tozer]

THE ORWELLIAN LANGUAGE OF SEX

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/08/the-orwellian-language-of-sex.php
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‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Is The Opposite Of Gender-Affirming And Caring

“But there are no guarantees of victory, in large part because many people may be in too deep to back down. Democrats in general, and the Biden administration in particular, have embraced transgender ideology. They have done everything from putting men in women’s shelters to using school lunch programs for poor children as leverage to force schools to adopt the rainbow agenda, including letting males into girls’ locker rooms. And, of course, pretty much every major left-wing group has followed the LGBT lobby into pushing a radical transgender agenda.

Nor is it only politicians and activists who have staked their credibility on the trans agenda. From education to entertainment to Big Business, a lot of people have embraced transgender ideology, including medically transitioning children. The medical industry in particular has a lot to lose, both in credibility and cash, if the transition train slows down. This may explain why pro-trans research is routinely published even though the studies are mostly low quality, with some being demonstrably terrible. The goal isn’t to publish good research, but to provide cover for an ideology that is chemically and surgically sterilizing children.

And, of course, there is pride — no, not the rainbow celebrations sponsored by big business, but actual personal pride. Will parents who bought into gender transition admit the harm they have done to their children? Will liberals admit not only that they were wrong, but that Christian conservatives were right? These and similar truths may be too hard for many to accept.“

https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/19/gender-affirming-care-is-the-opposite-of-gender-affirming-and-caring/

The Party of Science? Good one. Since the Dems are all in on the mental disability of being confused about one’s gender (recent 4th Circuit ruling made it a disability), there is quite volatile reactions to those who just don’t get it.

Twitter, as other readers have pointed out, have banned the use of the word ‘groomer’. Hate speech or something. Violation of ever shifting violations. Ok fine.

Is it just me or have other readers (even the new readers with virgin ears that must be sheltered from boorish behavior in our civilization)….has any else noticed that those who object the loudest to being labeled groomers are the groomers and pedophiles and sexual predators? A deviant by any other name is still a perv.

Of course, the progressives have a different criteria for what once was know as science.

[Scott O]

BT 9:06 - When the Dems declare they are the "party of science" what they are really trying to say is they believe themselves to be the "party of THE truth".
The ones at the top know this for what it really is and the useful idiots that vote for them mostly are the true believers.
Increasingly, they are more open and overt about censorship and the need for 'modifying' our 1st Amendment rights.
Legislating 'hate crimes' leads to being able to regulate 'hate speech' and eventually what we think.
Science requires free inquiry and free speech - the Dems are actually the anti-science party.
Worse - a healthy society and govt always requires the free flow of information. By preventing information feedback loops of the financial and technological sort, we will/are start/starting to fall into 3rd world scenarios.

[The Estonian Fox]

Even MORE Science;
This from the Christian Science Monitor, not the Babylon Bee. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2022/0817/New-California-law-Let-teens-sleep-in-on-school-days

As millions of California students head back to school this month, they’ll get a bit more time before their alarms go off. Cali is the first to mandate start times in public schools –to allow teens much-needed winks. Middle schools can start no earlier than 8 a.m., and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m.

The law is based on studies that show teenagers aren’t getting enough sleep – and that their health and performance improve when they do.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has declared teen sleep deprivation a public health issue, calling teens “chronically sleep deprived and pathologically sleepy.” Yet no mention of gender dysphoria as a public health issue.

Unfortunately, other studies were not mentioned:
There is a hidden study, which shows teenagers aren’t studying enough – and that their long-term health and performance improve when they do. Cue the video games theme.

There is a second hidden study, which shows (black) teenagers aren’t obeying (gun) laws enough – and that their long-term health and performance improve when they do.

So many laws, so little time.

[The Estonian Fox]

Russian woman commentator killed with car bomb. "After a remote-controlled explosion, Vovk and her daughter fled through the Pskov Region to Estonia, the security services said."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/22/ukraine-russia-invasion-live-updates/7861821001/

Estonians weren't worried about retaliation. "We are so small, the Russkies don't know how to locate us after 30 years."

[Bill Tozer]

‘CDC Suddenly Discovers Personal Risk Assessment After Mandate Damage Is Done’

In its updated guidelines, the CDC embraces positions it once deemed misinformation, but the damage from Covid mandates is already done.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/22/cdc-suddenly-discovers-personal-risk-assessment-after-mandate-damage-is-done/

“The damage brought by the CDC cannot be so quickly forgotten”

[Bill Tozer]

WHAT CLIMATE CRISIS?

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/08/what-climate-crisis.php

[The Estonian Fox]

Science is not lost. NASA's Artemis (Apollo the Hunter's twin-sister) unmanned mission is due to launch next week (29th), go around the moon & return. I finally read the (rmg = Royal Museums Greenwich review of) NASA description and saw this, listed first amongst a number of other objectives:

Equality: a chief aim for NASA is to land the first woman and first person of colour on the lunar surface (ca 2026).

No mention of returning them. Word on the street is the woman has actually proclaimed Cherokee heritage (a two-fer). And the (half-) black-fella is said to own a $12M estate on Martha's Vineyard.

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/nasa-moon-mission-artemis-program-launch-date

If we are lucky, the moon monster will eat it when it's on the far side. Or China's Chang'e-4 lander there will use its 100-MW UV laser. Artemis the Hunted.

[Bill Tozer]

FACING THE TRUTH ABOUT LOCKDOWNS

“In my opinion, the responses of governments to the covid epidemic represent the worst failure of public policy since, at least, the Vietnam War. In fact, the covid responses were probably more destructive than Vietnam. You would likely have to go back to the perverse reactions of the Hoover/Roosevelt administrations to the Great Depression to find their equal.”

“Little by little the truth of lockdown is being admitted: it was a disaster.”

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/08/facing-the-truth-about-lockdowns.php