Major Bryan Musolino has a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and is a military expert on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). Currently, he is an Emerging Technology Assistant Professor at the Anthony G. Oettinger School of Science and Technology Intelligence. Given the media’s fear-inducing reporting on COVID-19, Dr. Musolino provides an interesting background and perspective on...
Tag: jun 30 2020
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“PAPER OF RECORD” SELLS FEAR & HYSTERIA
As we have been reporting since the outbreak of COVID Hysteria in February, the media and politicians around the world have been comparing the coronavirus to a war. Now the New York Times has added a new analogy: Boxing. The self-proclaimed “Paper of Record” published this headline on 25 June: “Virus Surges, Knocking U.S. Back...
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MORE TWISTS IN THE COVID LOGIC
While citizens in the U.S. and western Europe give failing grades to media coverage of the pandemic, the majority of out of work and out of money citizens look up to the political leaders who locked them down. In two cases, what was perceived as effective crisis management resurrected the low ratings of South Korean...
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GLOBAL MEDIA ROT
Last month, YouGov conducted a poll in a number of countries to determine the level of trust the public had in media’s coverage of COVID-19. The U.S. results showed 42 percent find media coverage favorable, about the same as the Gallup Poll (41 percent) taken last March. In Germany, the people have more confidence in...
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MEDIA RANKS “DEAD LAST”: AMERICANS BUY B.S.
In a pure case of twisted logic, the public, who obediently marched off to the COVID War – as they had with Bush’s and other wars based on lies trumpeted by the media – ranked the media dead last in trustworthiness among American institutions. Among the institutions including hospitals, employers, Congress, etc., only the media...
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REOPENINGS SLOW, CLOSINGS FAST
Most businesses closed by government mandate remained so by mid-June, according to Yelp, the online review site. About 140,000 businesses listed on Yelp that were closed on 1 March still are, the company said, compared to 175,000 that were shut on 1 April. According to Yelp, some 41 percent of businesses still closed have reported...
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SHUTDOWNS RETURN AS CASES RISE
Amid a surge in COVID cases, Texas has imposed new distance requirements in restaurants, and Texas and Florida have re-closed bars. Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico, and North Carolina are among states that have gone back into partial lockdowns and added new rules and regulations. Employees of the Disney Co. are...
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TRAVEL TOURISM DIVE
For Americans who wish to travel, Europe is officially off limits. As of tomorrow, due to COVID Hysteria, Americans are not allowed to enter European Union nations. On the leisure and hospitality home front, ordinarily a big business in the summer, a survey commissioned by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and conducted by...
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MEDIA COVID LIES AND DECEPTON
In last week’s Trends Journal, we presented a great deal of evidence, backed by scientific studies, that challenges the effectiveness of imposing mandatory mask-wearing by the general public. Yet, the mainstream media continues to propagate unsubstantiated claims in favor of the mask orders. Here is an example published in the Wall Street Journal last Wednesday:...
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CLOSE BACK UP
Here’s an important example of how so-called health experts issue coronavirus warnings without carefully studying scientific data. Last Thursday, Dr. Hans Henri Kluge, Europe’s regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO), issued a criticism of Sweden, along with ten other countries, stating, “Accelerated transmission [of the virus] has led to very significant resurgence that...