COVID: Orthodoxy or Conspiracy: Can the Center Hold?

The conversation1 between Walach and Bobrow about Real Anthony Fauci. Bill Gates, Big Pharma, the Global War on Democracy Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., deserves to be continued. It raises quite general issues role of science in modern society influence politics. two questions posed are a useful framework for discussion: Is it true that we were faced with “pandemic”? Can really trust our institutions? A large factor contemporary dilemmas COVID is disagreeing groups offer their various dogmatic answers seemingly influenced more guesswork political attitudes than facts matter. reality currently available data not sufficiently complete or reliable answer first question. As points out, magnitude infection fatality rate (IFR) critical issue, inadequate, particular as variation IFR age detailed comparison those numbers corresponding other respiratory infections. Another important needed infections overall excess mortality, where again yet available; latter crucial order avoid distracting arguing basis reporting deaths, which varies geographic region within countries well over time.