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1918, I Love You We should not be worried about a return of the 1918 flu. It has never left. Brian Mowrey A new study reanimating the 1918 flu (not for the first time) has set off fresh hand-wringing about a return of the “deadly” virus behind the famous pandemic from both mainstream 1  and alt-media 2  sources. Forbes. This new round of naive alarm-ringing supplants a long tradition of stoking fears about a return of the 1918 virus or some sort of magical reboot of it in the form of a new strain, either from animal (“swine flu” and “avian flu”) or lab sources. The problem is, the 1918 flu virus has never left. The world of flu research, it turns out, is vast. As interpreting the evidence on OAS requires being familiar with that world, I have immersed myself in it over these last six weeks. My audit of the research proceeded chronologically so that modern beliefs that do not match the original evidence (like “OAS”) could be recognized. This puts me in the position of being abl...

The Mystery of Fall 2021 Edward Dowd presents another set of data that backs up his claim that Millenials suffered a catastrophe one year ago. Etana Hecht Back in March, Edward Dowd made a claim using CDC data that Millenials suffered an unacceptable excess mortality rate of 84% during the fall of 2021. Mr. Dowd’s theory is that the deaths of the ~61,000 young working-age people in that time period were largely connected to the rollout of vaccine boosters and employment mandates. Clown World - Honk The Rate of Change is the Signal Following last month’s findings by Ed Dowd, he and his actuarial insurance expert partner have dug even further into the raw data and came back with a not so pretty picture. Ed went on Daniel Horowitz’s podcast last week to break down the numbers and explain his theory as to what it all means. He took the CDC data on all deaths, established a baseline r… Read more 5 months ago · 111 likes · 25 comments · Etana Hecht The argument is that even if a portion of t...