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Corona, climate narrative and opportunity costs After the first vaccination campaigns in the corona pandemic, it was reasonable to assume that people would ask themselves questions after the third, fourth or, at the latest, after the fifth vaccination. But this rational assumption cannot be applied when we are dealing with a faith-based model. In fact, the opposite is true. Anyone who got Covid after the initial double vaccination could have told themselves the vaccination doesn’t work, so I can go without it in future. However, after three years, many vaccinations, lockdowns and countless masks, it is now very difficult to ‘opt out’. The opportunity costs are high because you would then have to admit that you had been fooled for years. The climate narrative is very similar. We had the naïve assumption that the appeal “Eat bugs to avoid emissions” would cause believers to pause a moment and ask questions. But it didn’t happen. Many people have internalized the new end-of-the-world prop

Manga as a Messenger: Moderna targets Japanese kids with mRNA comic   As I’ve   extensively documented , Japanese kids have had a pretty depressing time since 2020. But at least they have one thing to look forward to: education publisher Gakken has collaborated with Moderna to produce a new manga aimed at elementary school students called “Secrets of mRNA”. According to   the press release   by Gakken and Moderna, a copy will be sent to all 20,000 elementary schools and 3200 public libraries in Japan. People who are proficient in Japanese and have nothing better to do can also read it for free on   Gakken’s website . Spoiler alert: the manga unfortunately doesn’t reveal the secrets to how mRNA injections cause   heart problems ,   menstrual irregularities , and   autoimmune conditions . The story, such as it is, starts with Haruto (the boy on the cover) going to bed with a fever. While asleep, he dreams about his immune system, portrayed as a security force, responding to an unrecognis