WHO Killed The 20-21 Seasonal Flu?

Updated Statistics & Customizable Trend Graphs: https://buckystats.org Last night, I scratched an itch to get some raw data on the start of the coming flu season. While I have not gathered enough information yet to make heads or tails of Continue reading WHO Killed The 20-21 Seasonal Flu?

Oct 21, Maryland-Centric COVID-Related Mortality Rankings

Updated Statistics & Customizable Trend Graphs: https://buckystats.org It would be very nice if I had a lot more time — or if the professional media and health departments published regular reports with the deeper data context that I need to Continue reading Oct 21, Maryland-Centric COVID-Related Mortality Rankings

Governor Hogan Information Request: Followup Voicemail #1

Updated Statistics & Customizable Trend Graphs: https://buckystats.org This is a followup to my efforts over the summer… Governor Hogan’s Science-Based Health Policies: An Information Request Experiment. Voicemail Message Transcript Hello, This is Morgan Lesko, my phone number is _-_-_, and Continue reading Governor Hogan Information Request: Followup Voicemail #1

Oct 15 Historical Mortality Data Update — COVID in the U.S., Maryland, D.C., Florida, Arizona

Updated Statistics & Customizable Trend Graphs: https://buckystats.org Dec 5 Update -  I finally recorded a video with a less polished talk-through of this data, as I see it: As of October 15, I have still not received any replies from Governor Continue reading Oct 15 Historical Mortality Data Update — COVID in the U.S., Maryland, D.C., Florida, Arizona

Science Denial? Rights Denial?

I’ve never actually met any “Science Deniers” who don’t believe that such methods can increase knowledge. IMHO, greater risks stem from more numerous and influential “Rights Deniers.” [Denying risks of democide also costs countless lives most decades.] I condemn any Continue reading Science Denial? Rights Denial?

Governor Hogan’s Science-Based Health Policies: An Information Request Experiment

Dec 4 Update (Still No Response):Governor Hogan Information Request: Followup Voicemail #1 Science-based policies have the awesome potential to be transparent throughout their logic, assumptions, uncertainties, and data. Societies are evolving their relationships with science, and any branches of government Continue reading Governor Hogan’s Science-Based Health Policies: An Information Request Experiment

Revisiting Imperial Risk Assessments of COVID-19

Updated Statistics & Customizable Trend Graphs: https://buckystats.org CDC Observational Data compared with approximations of Imperial College Model Projections from March 16 On March 16, 2020, the London “Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team” led by Neil Ferguson published their “Report 9: Continue reading Revisiting Imperial Risk Assessments of COVID-19

Risk Assessment Update May 10 on U.S. COVID-19 Deaths

Updated Statistics & Customizable Trend Graphs: https://buckystats.org The COVID-19 testing itself is very challenging to find certainty in. Given that most COVID-19 deaths have co-factors, the data on total reported deaths should be by far the most actionable. Data for Continue reading Risk Assessment Update May 10 on U.S. COVID-19 Deaths

Double-Edges of Exponential Scientism

If humans are “bad with exponential growth”, then yes, we can easily fail to detect ubiquitous real dangers in nature. But then we can also easily fail to detect false alarms from both: 1) Those who have studied and know how Continue reading Double-Edges of Exponential Scientism

My Opinion of Authority (1999)

Recently found college essay, revealing my early resistance to appeals to authority… When I was younger, I was under the impression that figures of authority were different from ordinary people. People in high positions ranging from the Vice President of Continue reading My Opinion of Authority (1999)