I got an amazing treasure trove today! Every single post I’ve ever written before being unceremoneously banned for (and I quote) "misleading or deceptive media, or denials of well documented historical events and includes content that directly contradicts guidance from leading global health organizations and public health authorities.” Is that amazing??? I'm pretty excited.
My goal has always been to point out that data is real, data is analyze-able, and that sometimes it might be a little wrong, or you might draw the wrong conclusions, but if you lay out your work, state your assumptions and re-check every day, you’ll be right more often than wrong. There is a reason OneEnergy worked out so technically well and the asset type curves haven’t changed since I did them in 2016.
So, the treasure has inspired me to come out with a new book that should be out by summer. It's called "No, Really. What the F@&K is Wrong with Everybody Else? Seriously. I'm asking. Is this for real???" It will be a summary of the #hottakeoftheday fully aggregated with everything that was written, as it happened, with links to articles and all the fun, divided by chapter on topics with the first being COVID. It will not be all COVID, and will do oil and gas, the economy, climate change. Every major theme I’ve ever found interesting aggregated.
But to COVID, this example is why I get so frustrated when I ask people in conversation with them about early 2020 “why is it that you think ‘We really didn't know anything back then..." I beg to differ. Here's an example..
I posted "this" March 31 at 2:40 pm. I included the link to CNN.
Even using CNN as the source! "Researchers combined that data on "infection prevalence" with public information on reported cases and deaths, estimating the overall death rate to be about two-thirds of 1%."
Read it today, gauge it's accuracy.
Contemplate the last 2 years.
Contemplate the pivot into histrionics.
This is going to be fun- and a how to guide on not believing the narrative.