Bjorn Lomborg
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New UN report claims climate-related disasters have doubledThe report is incompetent and wrong on pretty much all accountsThe report should be withdrawnThreadReport here: https://www.undrr.org/news/drrday-report-dramatic-rise-climate-disast
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New York Times ran a sensational story on how many places will soon be underwaterUnfortunately, it misuses data to conclude disaster, creating unreasonable fearhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/29/climate/coastal-cities-underwater
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Many more people have died from corona, when looking at all deaths, not just public corona deathsbecause of underreporting and people dying of other diseases while hospitals busy tackling coronaGreat
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Economic analysis from @ThunstromLinda and colleagues shows the benefits of social distancing outweigh the economic costs by $5.2 trillion(Paper available here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3561934)https://thehill.com/policy/fi
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Significant data indicate corona is no worse than common flu.Yes, we need mass testing.But if true, shutting down the economy was possibly not the best response.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/without-mass-testing-were-flying-blind-through-th
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