Common Sense Soapbox
About this show
Short videos with a punchy, comedic tone and entertaining Socratic characters taking on trending issues and important concepts from a classical liberal perspective, written & animated by Seamus Coughlin.
Lies, Darned Lies, and ***** Statistics
July 19, 2022
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the crew finds refuge on a sunny beach in Florida. Despite its reputation as a dystopian nightmare with blatant disregard for public health, Ron soon figures out that maybe things aren’t as bad as the media wants him to believe…
CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
LINKS:
Florida Pandemic Death Rates:
https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/11/18/covid-infection-fatality-rates-sex-and-age-15163
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-coronavirus-restrictions/73818
https://www.prb.org/resources/which-us-states-are-the-oldest/
News Media Hysteria:
https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/12/10/covid-equal-opportunity-killer/
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/COVID-19-an-equal-opportunity-killer-15241708.php
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/covid-19-does-not-discriminate-nor-should-our-response
https://nypost.com/2021/07/26/cuomo-claims-he-always-tells-the-truth-on-covid-19-except-when-he-doesnt/
Manipulating Covid Stats:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01003-6
https://www.carecentrix.com/blog/predictive-analytics-and-covid-19-all-models-are-wrong-some-are-useful/
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/17/influential-covid-19-model-uses-flawed-methods-shouldnt-guide-policies-critics-say/
https://www.westword.com/news/covid-19-most-virus-models-are-wrong-colorado-expert-says-11709422
https://www.aier.org/article/climate-models-worse-than-nothing/
https://www.aier.org/article/imperial-college-predicted-catastrophe-in-every-country-on-earth-then-the-models-failed/
https://www.aier.org/article/the-disease-models-were-tested-and-failed-massively/
https://www.aier.org/article/computer-models-cant-substitute-for-real-life/
https://www.aier.org/article/masking-a-careful-review-of-the-evidence/