Experts from Imperial College in London told the world early in the COVID-19 pandemic that if we didn’t shut down, the virus would lead to 2.2 million deaths. They also said, even if the whole population socially distanced, more than 1 million would die by August. “Experts” in the U.S. followed suite, predicting the same dire outcomes. Fast forward three months and their computer models failed miserably. These same experts were also notorious for their miserable track record in predicting disastrous consequences for mad cow disease, the swine flu, the bird flu, climate change and resource depletion. The fact is, experts and computer models regularly over-predict disaster. Politicians are quick to join the discourse, asserting that they are only following the science. Says author and science reporter Mark Ridley, “There is no such thing as ‘the science.’ There is science, and science consists of people disagreeing with each other.” Join Ridley and consumer reporter John Stossel for more.
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