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<h3>Counter Point</h3>
<p>This show is a counter point to: <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3414">hpr3414 :: Critical Thinking may make You Critical of the Covid Crisis</a>
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<h2 id="a-response-to-critical-thinking-may-make-you-critical-of-the-covid-crisis">A response to <em>Critical Thinking may make You Critical of the Covid Crisis</em></h2>
<p><strong>(HPR episode 3414, produced by CoGo and released on 2021-09-02)</strong></p>
<h2 id="defining-terms">Defining terms</h2>
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<li>What is <em>Critical Thinking</em>?
<ul>
<li>The Wikipedia definition begins: "<em>Critical thinking is the analysis of facts to form a judgment.</em>"</li>
<li>It goes on to say: "<em>The subject is complex, and several different definitions exist, which generally include the rational, skeptical, unbiased analysis, or evaluation of factual evidence.</em>"</li>
<li>See the references below.</li>
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<p>Note the use of the terms <strong>fact</strong>, <strong>factual evidence</strong> and <strong>unbiased analysis</strong>. It is my contention that HPR episode 3414 fails in these regards in several places.</p>
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<li>What is an "<em>experiment</em>"?
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<li>Wikipedia’s definition begins: "<em>An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated.</em>"</li>
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<p>The term <strong>experiment</strong> is often used incorrectly in episode 3414. A better term would be <strong>observation</strong> or <strong>anecdote</strong></p>
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<li>The virus:
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<li>The virus is a <em>coronavirus</em>. There are many viruses classified in this way.</li>
<li>The name of the virus is <em>SARS-CoV-2</em>. The <em>SARS</em> part stands for <em>Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome</em>, the type of disease caused by the virus. <em>CoV</em> signifies that it is a <em>coronavirus</em> and the <em>2</em> means it’s the second SARS-type corona virus to have caused problems in the recent past. The other one, just called <em>SARS</em> occurred in 2003.</li>
<li>The name of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is <em>COVID-19</em>. The letters <em>COVID</em> define it as a coronavirus disease. The <em>19</em> part is because it was first discovered in 2019.</li>
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<li><strong>References</strong>:
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking" title="Wikipedia article: Critical thinking">Wikipedia article on Critical Thinking</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.gre.ac.uk/articles/ils/critical-thinking" title="University of Greenwich article. What is critical thinking?">University of Greenwich: What is critical thinking?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment" title="Wikipedia article: Experiment">Wikipedia article on Experiments</a></li>
</ul></li>
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<h2 id="long-notes">Long notes</h2>
<p>Follow this link to <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3445/full_shownotes.html">read the detailed notes</a> associated with this episode.</p>
<h2 id="collected-references">Collected references:</h2>
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<li>Wikipedia article: Critical thinking:
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking</a></li>
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<li>University of Greenwich article. What is critical thinking?:
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<li><a href="https://www.gre.ac.uk/articles/ils/critical-thinking">https://www.gre.ac.uk/articles/ils/critical-thinking</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Wikipedia article: Experiment:
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment</a></li>
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<li>Where does the six-foot guideline for social distancing come from?:
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<li><a href="https://qz.com/1831100/where-does-the-six-feet-social-distancing-guideline-come-from/">https://qz.com/1831100/where-does-the-six-feet-social-distancing-guideline-come-from/</a></li>
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<li>Wikipedia article: Social distancing:
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_distancing">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_distancing</a></li>
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<li>How effective is a mask in preventing COVID‐19 infection?:
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<li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883189/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883189/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Why Masks Work BETTER Than You’d Think:
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47t9qLc9I4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47t9qLc9I4</a></li>
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<li>Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Ventilation and air conditioning:
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<li><a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-ventilation-and-air-conditioning">https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-ventilation-and-air-conditioning</a></li>
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<li>Ventilation and air conditioning during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic:
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<li><a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/equipment-and-machinery/air-conditioning-and-ventilation/index.htm">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/equipment-and-machinery/air-conditioning-and-ventilation/index.htm</a></li>
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<li>False Perception of COVID-19’s Impact on the Homeless:
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<li><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/false-perception-of-covid-19s-impact-on-the-homeless/">https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/false-perception-of-covid-19s-impact-on-the-homeless/</a></li>
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<li>Vitamin D3 as Potential Treatment Adjuncts for COVID-19:
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<li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7697253/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7697253/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Graphic Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: case report:
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<li><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/326/7394/850">https://www.bmj.com/content/326/7394/850</a></li>
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<li>Response to - Graphic Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: case report:
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<li><a href="https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/29/coronavirus-may-be-killed-higher-body-temperature">https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/29/coronavirus-may-be-killed-higher-body-temperature</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Childhood Vaccination and the NHS:
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<li><a href="https://peopleshistorynhs.org/encyclopaedia/childhood-vaccination-and-the-nhs/">https://peopleshistorynhs.org/encyclopaedia/childhood-vaccination-and-the-nhs/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask wearing, and reinfection:
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<li><a href="https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06357-4">https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06357-4</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines side effects and safety:
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<li><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/safety-and-side-effects/">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/safety-and-side-effects/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>TWiV 802: "Another epitope with Shane Crotty":
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEB4oxO9F1A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEB4oxO9F1A</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>UK parliament discussion on 2m rule.
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<li><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-06-15/debates/AE7AB431-1668-4AAA-AA32-8A0B83124D30/details">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-06-15/debates/AE7AB431-1668-4AAA-AA32-8A0B83124D30/details</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Government minister retracts mask claim.
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<li><a href="https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,john-swinney-apologises-for-sharing-covid-face-mask-graphic">https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,john-swinney-apologises-for-sharing-covid-face-mask-graphic</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Nature paper on masks and aerosols.
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<li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-72798-7">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-72798-7</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Our World in Data.
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<li><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/covid-cases">https://ourworldindata.org/covid-cases</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Nature paper on COVID-19 and T cells.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2550-z">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2550-z</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Antibody waning and COVID-19.
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<li><a href="https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/covid-19/news/article.aspx?id=1415">https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/covid-19/news/article.aspx?id=1415</a></li>
</ul></li>
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