Neo-Obscurantism Unmasked
Covidism
Covidism is a modern religion that believes in the existence of a devastating world-wide pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus, and advocates the implementation of discriminating and totalitarian measures in order to counter it.
The purpose of this page is to expose and debunk the various logical fallacies and scientific falsehoods that qualify Covidism as a form of state pseudoscience and religious fanaticism, while at the same time giving an in-depth example of how mainstream mass-media and institution exploit the ignorance and irrationality of the masses in order to manipulate them.
Scientific falsehoods
- "Covid-19 is much more deadly than common influenza!"
MOSTLY FALSE: As various studies show (link), the estimated letality (i.e.: the infection vs fatality rate) of Covid-19 is about 0.1% to 0.5%, which is perfectly comparable to various past strong waves of common influenza, like those of 1937, 1956 and 1968 (link).
- "The existence of the pandemic is proven by the abnormal peak of excess deaths!"
PROBABLY FALSE: According to a study (link), the abnormal increase in excess deaths is too sharp to have been caused by the spontaneous spread of a pathogen, and is instead much more likely to have been caused by artificial causes (like the unprecedented mass quarantining and isolation of elderly people).
- "Because of Covid-19, hospitals are being overwhelmed with patients!"
MOSTLY FALSE: The vast majority of patients who are officially classified as Covid-19 patients have been found out to have at least 1 serious underlying medical condition (link), it is therefore highly probable that a huge portion of hospitalizations are due to such conditions rather than Covid-19.
- "Even asymptomatic positives are dangerous, since they can still spread the virus!"
MOSTLY FALSE, for who reasons: First, as a basic epidemiology law, in order for a person to be contagious, just having the virus is not enough: his/her viral load must be higher than a certain threshold; however, as it has been shown in various studies (ex.A; ex.B), only a small fraction of positive samples have a viral load high enough to even infect another person, let alone actually causing illness.
Second, the test commonly used to determine whether a person is positive to Covid-19 (quantitative RT-PCR) is highly unreliable, since it does not necessarily detect the presence of an entire virus particle, but just the presence of its RNA (link). Therefore, the vast majority of asymptomatic positives are basically harmless.
- "There are no effective treatments for Covid-19 other than the vaccine!"
COMPLETELY FALSE: There is a wide array of treatments whose efficacy in the treatment of Covid-19 has been scientifically proven by countless studies, including but not limited to: Remdesivir (link), Hydroxychloroquine (link), Vitamin D (link), Vitamin A (link), Ivermectine (link), etc. (link). Covid-19 can now be cured, effectively and in various ways.
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Logical fallacies
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