Climate and covid compared

Lots of links...

Dear Church Leaders

Below is a selection of links in relation to this post comparing climate and covid:

PROBLEM

Climate | covid links below

• Fearmongering | Fearmongering

• Bad things happening far away | Bad things happening far away

• Exaggeration of threat | Exaggeration of threat

• Act now or face disaster | Act now or face disaster

• Computer modelling | Computer modelling

• Behavioural psychology | Behavioural psychology

  

• Dubious data (temperature measurements) | Dubious data (PCR test results)

• Lack of context for data | Lack of context for data

• Media bombardment | Media bombardment

• UN intergovernmental bodies, e.g. IPCC | UN intergovernmental bodies, e.g. WHO

• World Economic Forum | World Economic Forum

• Imperial College London | Imperial College London

• Bill Gates | Bill Gates

REACTION

Climate | covid links below

• Common sense disappears | Common sense disappears

• Groupthink | Groupthink

• Lack of critical thinking | Lack of critical thinking

• “Follow the science” | “Follow the science”

• Cult-like behaviour | Cult-like behaviour

• Virtue signalling | Virtue signalling

• “Fact checkers” | “Fact checkers”

• Lack of political opposition | Lack of political opposition

• Suppression of dissenting voices | Suppression of dissenting voices

• “climate deniers” | “covid deniers”

SOLUTION

Climate | covid links below

• Enabling legislation | Enabling legislation

  [NB in Parliament on 23 Mar 2020, Matt Hancock said of the Coronavirus Bill, “it… has been worked on over the past three months at incredible pace by a brilliant team of officials right across Government” (emphasis added)]

• Global solutions | Global solutions

• Build Back Greener | Build Back Better

• Great Reset | Great Reset

• Gates: “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” | Gates: “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic”

• Huge amounts of taxpayer money | Huge amounts of taxpayer money

• Lockdowns | Lockdowns

• Working from home | Working from home

• Increased surveillance | Increased surveillance

• Travel restrictions | Travel restrictions

• “Solutions” that harm the environment | “Solutions” that harm the environment

• Net Zero | Zero covid

• Extreme groups pushing Overton window | Extreme groups pushing Overton window

• Use of guilt to manipulate people | Use of guilt to manipulate people

• Dissenting voices cancelled | Dissenting voices cancelled

RESULT

Climate | covid links below

• The rich get richer | The rich get richer

• Hypocritical leaders | Hypocritical leaders

• Debate and discussion suppressed | Debate and discussion suppressed

• More authoritarian control | More authoritarian control (same link for both)

• Diminishing trust in authorities | Diminishing trust in authorities

• Growing scepticism | Growing scepticism

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