In reply to Longsufferingropeholder:
Another big “thank you” to wintertree- his tireless efforts have been central to ensuring that ukc has remained an island of sanity in an ocean of COVID-related social media misinformation. I agree with his analysis that some of this is effectively terrorism, using misinformation as a weapon to damage the cohesion of our society, fomenting division and causing death and economic suffering. The pervasiveness of the messaging that minimises COVIDs seriousness, and undermines effective interventions while pushing treatments that don’t work is very worrying; and for many people who don’t have a good understanding of medicine and statistics, and who are already skeptical about whether the state has their interests at heart, it appears to be very persuasive.
But the work of Wintertree and others on here has shown that a social media space can push back effectively against this. So thanks again, for helping keep me sane through the last 18 months- and a Tim Harford award would be well deserved..!