I don't know if the quoted numbers have changed significantly, but the video message is spot on. We do need to remember and reflect on what happened in the recent past.
We may not go camping in the woods to achieve it, but to my mind the video is an effective reminder of those quiet moments where the corrosive nonsense cannot be allowed to intrude.
2 comments:
A general point and then a specific one.
The first point is that we do indeed gain a great deal if we are able to isolate ourselves from the noise and nonsense and think deeply about one (or a few) important topics. That bloke is more grounded and has more insight than I can lay claim to. But we also need a kind of background awareness of all the noise in order to get an overview, to know what the competing issues are. The risk is that we could get deeply into a topic that doesn't matter so much.
The second point is related. How do we start thinking about the lockdown and the vaccines? My health centre is pestering me now for my fourth jab. Since allowing myself to be punctured by them, I have not had so much as a cold. So do I rely on my past experience and get a jab (and possibly die of some unforeseen side-effect along with all the other sheep) or do I listen to the nay-sayers and get Covid? As ever, the problem is in weighing up incommensurable bits of evidence.
Sam - yes, unfortunately we do have to pay some attention to the noise. The guy in the video must do that too though, because he has the numbers and clearly pays some attention to the noise.
As for the vaccines, as far as I can see we don't have the data to make even an approximate personal risk assessment. I've been healthy, but we've made some lifestyle changes which may have reduced our susceptibility to niggling minor infections. It's almost down to the toss of a coin. Neither decision seems unreasonable, but I'm uncomfortable with the experimental aspect of it all.
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