The Misinformation Virus

8 Replies to “The Misinformation Virus”

1. Was pushing an idea around earlier. We have overused antibiotics to the point where some are no longer effective. We have a thing called necrotizing fasciitis that seems impervious to most types of cleaning products, I know it is a bacteria, so don’t waste your time informing me. We are using massive amounts of various sanitizers to “ward off” the dreaded virus. Just what happens if or when any virus mutates to the point where “sanitizers” will not work. I am guess “herd immunity will look pretty good.

   1. https://healthcare-in-europe.com/en/news/will-resistant-bacteria-be-the-end-of-alcohol-hand-sanitizers.html

2. Saw a comment today that struck home. ” I hope they let us off of lockdown before July 1st so we can celebrate our freedom”.

   1. Facebook’s Al Gore Rythms has determined I cannot make the Opinion Posts I have been placing on the Twenty some Groups that asked me to join.

      This is the second action by Facebook to curtail my use of the North American AIR to express a Personal Opinion. I try to review several sources each day to establish at least One item which needs to be highlighted. The names and connections used to post My semi-Sovereign Ordinary Average Person ‘s Free Speech is shown on my Home Page.

      Therefore- using information provided by Facebook process as My source for Comment and then using the long time available Facebook process in the Facebook Use of the North American Air Waves to generate advertising revenue is now unavailable.

      This is decidedly a direct threat to My capability of Free Speech.

      1. Jim, I refuse to use facebook.

3. Below is the definition of the term “moral turpitude” which has fallen out of everyday use.

   1 : an act or behavior that gravely violates the sentiment or accepted standard of the community
   2 : a quality of dishonesty or other immorality that is determined by a court to be present in the commission of a criminal offence

   It aptly describes the acts and/or behaviour of many in the mainstream media today. Is it a wonder to anyone that over the last decade or more there has been a decline in the stature of mainstream media from authoritative to untrustworthy?

   1. JIM

      I think that started back when Walter Cronkite started making his personal Views known to the public about the Vietnam war. Today its 100% THEIR OPINION & Slant that constitutes the supposed NEWS.

      Pretty much around the same time is when the CBC began their campaign of Social Engineering.

      One look today and other than Lilley, Fernando, TRUE North, Rebel and a few decent outlets in the US…it’s all pure Leftist Marxist loving GARBAGE. Even the Nat Post has gone pretty much far left. Their recent article (poll), on 75% of Canadians approving of the groudhog holed up in Rideau is proof enough of that.

4. From the Armchair Epidemiologist: Afflicting the unconsciously incompetent. “What is DKE-19?”

   Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE) is a phenomenon where people lack the ability to understand their lack of ability. While strains of DKE typically circulate seasonally, a new and more virulent strain called DKE-19 is now reaching pandemic proportions.”

   DKE-19 is in the same family of misinformation viruses as the one that caused the b00m3R-FB outbreak in 2016. It is transmitted person-to-person through a variety of means, including listening to/repeating bullshit while on the toilet (“feco-aural transmission”), and sharing dirty tweedles.”

   Transmission most often occurs through casual digital contact from asymptomatic individuals. This strain tends to be hidden in well-intended partial truths, making population detection more difficult. DKE-19 can hide in viral reservoirs throughout the internet. Once infection takes hold, DKE-19 is exceedingly difficult to treat. Several cases of second-hand craniofacial injury have been reported, related to collisions between desks and actual experts’ heads.”

   Recent lockdowns to contain COVID-19 have resulted in Bay Area tech employees having vastly more time on their thumbs. We expect that exponential growth of bullshit takes are likely to grow exponentially until the heat death of the universe and/or last Tuesday.”

   https://medium.com/@noahhaber/flatten-the-curve-of-armchair-epidemiology-9aa8cf92d652