Read This First, Heuristics (1), Glossary (A-H), Mini Lessons (4)
-1. Media Selection of Climate Denial, 1.1. Climate Change = More Disease, 1.2. Warning Label for Satire, 1.3. Climate Lies, David Koch, Marco Rubio, 1.4. Climate Culture History, 2. Bodies as Open or Closed Systems, 3. Diseased Books, <ADDED >1. Amazon Megafires, Slash and Burn, >2. Impermafrost, >3. Green State, >4. Phakloride, >5. Trusting What Isn’t Absolute, >6. 1st State of Grief, >7. Climate Local Theater, >8. Paris Street Cleaning, >9. Free Pharmaceuticals, >10. Interborder Zone, >11. Global AFP, >12. DRC Ebola, >13. Cuba Zika. 190825-Vaccine. 190825-Polemic.
Other Topics: BioPolitics, Vaccine, Biosphere, Disaster, Humor, Climate Change, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Communication, One Health, Environmental Change, Human Factors, Social Dimensions, Narratives, Infectious Disease, Thinking for Oneself, Climate Shaming
-1. Climate Deniers Have Enjoyed Way More Media Coverage Than Scientists in Recent Decades. Climate deniers are often featured by the mainstream media as a way to 'balance' their reporting, and yet for most of this century, climate coverage has been neither fair nor balanced. Since the early 2000s, scientific dispute over the reality of human caused climate change has virtually come to an end. But you wouldn't necessarily know that from reading the news. From 2000 to 2016, climate deniers received far more media attention than scientists, nearly 50 percent more visibility than the top experts on climate change. Climate contrarians have successfully organised a strong voice within politics and science communication. Disproportionate media visibility of contrarian arguments and actors misrepresents the distribution of expert based beliefs. Even when there is an actual science report it can be misconstrued by journalistic rules and rues of writing, and reader’s passive reading -190714-11↓. Myths about Disaster Survivors Stall the Global Response to Climate Change. Bill Nye Slams Climate Change Deniers: It Is Infuriating Video. | Former NOAA Scientist from Climate Change Alarmist to Denier, from One News Now. Unable to determine if ONN is affiliated with, or not to the One America News Network -2-. | Climate Data Is Being Privatized. Will the Public Lose Out, when companies sell data tailored to customers, benefitting everyone or only those who can afford to pay. Climate Scientists May Not Be the Best Communicators of Climate Threats, this is a paradox, the experts on a topic can’t talk to lay audiences, and the experts in science journalism for lay public’s don’t get it right. A Dangerous Balancing Act, on matters of science, a well meaning desire to present all views equally can be an Trojan horse for damaging falsehoods.
-1.1. Contribution of Climate Change to the Spread of Infectious Diseases Listicle. Climate change is already having an effect on the spread of infectious diseases beyond their typical geographic reach. Often, the cross border spread of infectious diseases is further exacerbated by the lack of global governance, policies or a consensus to mitigate climate change. As a result, the current and future burden on humans, animals and plants is significant, especially if these infectious diseases cause large scale outbreaks.
-1.2. Maybe You Know That Article Is Satire, but a Lot of People Can’t Tell the Difference. Labeling satire as such may seem to take the sting out of the joke. But it’s also the most effective way we know of to prevent people from taking satirical content as fact — something surprisingly common. PDWN inserts humor when ever appropriate. This is with the intent of emphasizing how easy it is to insert absurdity that seems credible into information flow, and as part of the purpose to habituate people to critical thinking when dealing with the ass information flows that one encounters in disaster and daily situations. The curator of PDWN considers each time this issue is raised about not clearly marking if an item is erroneous, either in jest or an opinion presented as fact. There are many cogent reasons to do so, but in general these come down to increasing popularity of PDWN by making it easier to read, as opposed to the active reading it required. Parademic behavior in the context of biosphere calamity, is not amenable to simple, clear, concise. It would defeat PDWN’s values to tell people what meaning to give information provided. [Label -2- -3- -3A- -3B- -4-]. The following is satire, Climate Change and the Titanic [Cartoon], The Three Little Pigs and Climate Change except maybe they aren’t, Climate Change: 12 Years to Save the Planet? Make That 18 Months, -190818-2, -190818-2.3↓.
-A. Sometimes it is necessary to label that something is not a joke, Canada Election: Charity Confused Against Climate Change Ads, election watchdog has warned environmentalists that saying climate change is real could break the law. Elections Canada Climate Advertising Guidelines Puts Chill on Green Groups' Advocacy -3- -4- -5- -6- -7- -8-. Shaming People into Fighting Climate Change Won't Work.
-B. If true, how long until this too will be claimed as just kidding or defended by apologists. Trump Suggested Nuking Hurricanes to Stop Them from Hitting U.S. -2- -3- -4- -5-, Nuking Hurricanes: The Surprising History of a Really Bad Idea 2016, -190818-2.3↓. Humor is a dangerous tool – Poe’s Law [Cartoon], EB White’s Rule [Meme, Meme] and Rule 518 [Meme] – that has been used by Trumpism and its opponents taking the comments at face value or defusing as a joke. This failed use of humor is especially bad in the context of habitual lying and hyper exaggerations and threats. ain None of these are desirable parademic behaviors during a biocalamities. Another recent example is: Trump Tweets a Quote Calling Him "Second Coming of God"; then there was backlash, ‘I Am the Chosen One,’ Trump Proclaims as He Defends Trade War with China, [Cartoon]; then the defense, Trump: 'Chosen One' Remark Was Sarcasm. | Hiding in Plain Sight: How the Alt Right Is Weaponizing Irony to Spread Fascism.
1.3. When does denial become a flat out lie, then again why lie about something that you don’t think is true. Rick Perry’s Claim That US Is “Leading the World” in Emission Cuts Is Misleading. It's true that US emissions have declined in recent years, in part because of newer natural gas power plants replacing inefficient coal plants, which emit more CO2. However, the claim that the US would be “the one” country leading in reducing emissions fails to acknowledge that many other countries are reducing emissions faster than the US, starting from a per capita emission level that is already well below the United States' and have policies in place to further cut emissions. Inaction and Environmental Crisis: Narrative, Defence Mechanisms and the Social Organisation of Denial, 190804-6B.
-A. “Kochland” Examines the Koch Brothers’ Early, Crucial Role in Climate Change Denial, David Koch Was the Ultimate Climate Change Denier$, The Terrifying Legacy of David Koch, After Life of Incalculable Harm, Billionaire Climate Denialist and Right Wing Villain David Koch Dead at 79 Death is an escape hatch for David Koch while the rest of us are left scrambling for the emergency brake before we go over the cliff. David Koch Pumps Billions of Dollars into Campaign to Secure Antonin Scalia a Seat in the Holy Trinity is humor with the same narrative about the amount of power and corruption money can buy.
-B. Another form of denial is solving the wrong problem, or the Nirvana/ Perfect solution/ Avoiding the issue fallacy , Rubio on Climate Change: 'We Should Choose Adaptive Solutions, many proposed fixes for climate change have been unrealistic and dangerous. Climate change is a real problem, but real problems deserve real solutions. It may have been possible years (decades) ago that Rubio’s solutions may have been possible, but previous denial has caused sufficient delay they are not longer possible. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott Still Don’t Get it about Climate Change -2- -3- -4-. Climate Misinformation by Source: Marco Rubio -2- -3- -4- -5- -6- -7- -8-. [Cartoon -2- -3-]. With more evidence a scientist changes their position (albeit not always easily). That is not the same as a politician changing position. The difference with the former will also state they were wrong before.
-1.4. #Book A Cultural History of Climate [Cover]. Global warming and the future of the climate is one of the greatest challenges of our time, but what do we know about climate variations 500 years ago, or 5000 years ago, How can we know anything at all about the history of weather. What impact have climate changes had on human prosperity and the spirit of invention. This book introduces the latest historical research on the development of the earth's climate. He focuses above all on the cultural reactions to climate change through the ages, showing how even minor changes in the climate sometimes resulted in major social, political and religious upheavals. Examining how our predecessors responded to climate changes, provides us with a fresh basis for thinking about how we might address the serious climatic challenges we face today. Keep calm. A critique of Wolfgang Behringer’s “A Cultural History of Climate”.
-2. The Human Body on the Verge of Collapse, review of the #Book The Human Body in the Age of Catastrophe, Brittleness, Integration, Science, and the Great War [Cover]. The biosciences continue to provide new understandings of how human biology is entangled with the environment and society. This is not the first time in the history of medicine that bodily understandings have oscillated between being enclosed and open. These shifts, however, have not only been driven by scientific progress or technological developments, but also by shifting political or societal contexts. 190825-Polemic-PDWN.
-3. When the Public Feared That Library Books Could Spread Deadly Diseases. The great book scare” created a panic that you could catch an infection just by lending from the library. At the height of the book scare, news outlets reported that dust from library books could spread. The panic sprung from the public understanding of the causes of diseases as germs. [Cartoon Reading is Dangerous].
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-190818-2>1. -1.2↑. Amazon Wildfires Hit Record Numbers this Year, Record 84 per Cent Yearly Increase in Amazon Fires Blamed on Deforestation in Brazil, Tens of Thousands of Fires Ravage Brazilian Amazon, Where Deforestation Has Spiked, Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Is Burning at a Record Rate. Amazon Deforestation, Already Rising, May Spike Under Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro Angry as Norway Stops Funding Amazon Protection. Smoke Has Blotted Out the Sun in São Paulo as the Amazon Burns, As the Amazon Burns, Brazil's President Feels the Heat. Bolsonaro Claims NGOs Could Be Setting Amazon Fires, Without Evidence, Brazil's Bolsonaro Claims NGOs May Be Burning the Amazon, Jair Bolsonaro Claims NGOs Behind Amazon Forest Fire Surge – but Provides No Evidence. If this sounds familiar you are correct <ADDED 190210-190203-7>4, <ADDED 181118-180805-6>4; Trump and Zinke Blame Nonexistent Ecoterrorism for California Wildfires, 180819-5‡, <ADDED 180909-180701-1.1>6. Wildfires Are Burning Around the World. The Most Alarming Is in the Amazon Rainforest. Fires in the Amazon Rainforests Were Likely Intentional they may be set by people in an attempt to clear land for cattle ranching, Brazil's Amazon Fires Started by Humans, Environmentalists Say. Bolsonaro Says Criticism over Amazon Interferes with Brazil's Sovereignty. Global Worry over Amazon Fires Escalates; Bolsonaro Defiant. Bolsonaro Accuses Critics of Setting Fires in the Amazon to Hurt His Image, The Amazon Rainforests Are on Fire. Brazil's Trump like President, Jair Bolsonaro, Is to Blame, calling himself Captain Chainsaw and mocked environmentalists who feared his pro clearance policies could decimate the Amazon. Amazon Fires Prompt Alarm in Europe, and Anger at Brazil’s Government. How Are the Raging Fires in the Amazon Rainforest Affecting Climate Change, the effects of forest destruction don't stay in the Amazon, it affects us all. Brazil's Climate Change Skeptic Government Says Warnings about the Fires Consuming the Amazon Are Sensationalist, Hysterical, and Misleading, but then why Bolsonaro Prepares to Send Army to Contain Amazon Fire. The Political Status Quo Is No Match for Climate Change. Amazon Wildfires Could Be 'Game Over' for Climate Change Fight. France Halts Brazil Trade Deal over Amazon Fires. Three Things to Know About the Fires Blazing Across the Amazon Rainforest, the majority of blazes were set by farmers hoping to clear land for agricultural endeavors. Brazil's President Is Blaming Farmers Clearing Land for the Fires Raging Through the Amazon. Here's How Big Brazil's Farming Industry Really Is. [Cartoon]. The Right Wing Populist Wave Is a Threat to the Climate. Trump Says He Offered Bolsonaro Assistance with Amazon Rainforest Fires. Who Will Save the Amazon (and How). 190825-Polemic-Brazil. Humorous or cynical speculation of the Impact of the Massive Fires in the Amazon Rainforest. You Probably Know the Amazon Is Burning - Here's Why it Matters to You. [Map, Map Aug 13-25, Map Aug 23].
-A. Slash and Burn Agriculture, Conversion to Pasture, and Deforestation in Two Brazilian Amazon Colonies 1996 + Slash and Burn Agriculture in Brazil 2002 + The Amazon Rainforest Could Be Drying Out 2012 + Slash and burn: Brazil shreds laws protecting its rainforests 2011 + Brazil Tries to Balance Farming and Forests 2012 + Years After Slash and Burn, Brazil Haunted by 'Black Carbon' 2012 + How a Farming Project in Brazil Turned Into a Social and Ecological Tragedy 2015 + The Amazon Is Burning Because the World Eats So Much Meat = -190818-2↑ [Photo]. Many of Those Viral Amazon Rainforest Fire Photos Are Outdated or Unrelated -2-. PDWN’s SWAG is that normalization of deviance -2- played a role here. Over time a practice that was officially banned was continued is a more circumspect way, and with lax enforcement overtime became more and more common with larger areas involved, until in crashed into another deviance from norm that the rain forest was no longer damp enough to contain fires.
-190818-2.2>2. Alaska's Hottest Month Portends Transformation into Unfrozen State, That Summer When Climate Change Baked Alaska. A Surprisingly Abundant Type of Marine Bacteria May Speed up Climate Change. About 2.5 Million Acres in Alaska Have Burned. The State's Wildfire Seasons Are Getting Worse, 190728-3, 190714-3.
-190818-2.3>3. [Cartoon There goes the neighborhood, -2- Not a golf course, -3- Can’t have, -4- 2042]. The U.S. Is Already Transforming Greenland, and It’s Imperiling Americans Here at Home$. Danish Royal Says Trump's Interest Is Compliment for Magical Greenland: Only Desirable Areas Receive Offers. If this happens it would raise interesting questions about citizenship, if it will become a state (and have to speak American English), does the US build a wall to keep out sea level invasion. Presumably the US Government will be responsible for disasters, such as related to the melting ice sheet. One can hope it will have better luck than the US Caribbean territories given it northern European coloring. Nordics Seek Common Stance on Climate Change After Talks in Iceland, <ADDED 190728-190623-6.1>4 Iceland Glacier. [Flag]. Earth’s Future Is Being Written in Fast Melting Greenland. After Denmark's PM Calls Buying Greenland 'Absurd,' Trump Calls Her Comment 'Nasty' -2- -3-. Trump Joked about Trading Puerto Rico for Greenland. Puerto Ricans Are Joking Back -2-, coining the term "Caribbean Vikings" and creating their own Danish "starter kits" in case Puerto Rico becomes a colony of Denmark, -1.2 -B↑. What Do Greenlanders Think of Trump's Interest in Buying Greenland. And what does the person on the street think, Trump Advisor Confirms Administration Looking Into Buying Greenland. ¶ Environmental Pollution Is Associated with Increased Risk of Psychiatric Disorders in the US and Denmark. The North Atlantic Ocean Current, Which Warms Northern Europe, May Be Slowing. Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict Trump Would Try to Buy Greenland.
-190714-11>4. <ADDED 190811>1. Can Maternal Fluoride Consumption During Pregnancy Lower Children's Intelligence. A Canadian study suggests that fluoride consumed by pregnant women can affect the IQ of their children. No single study provides definitive answers, but the findings will no doubt stir debate. With all the other possible uncontrolled factors – chemicals in food, pollutants in the air, stress, problems with educational systems, and the problems of reliably measuring intelligence and knowledge – this study is questionable. This is further exacerbated by questionable science journalism, and a vocal group that has opposed fluoride for decades. Maternal Fluoride and IQ study comes under heavy criticism. No, Fluoride Doesn't Lower IQ. It Fails to Satisfy Hill's Criteria of Causality, ACSH Explains 'Hill's Criteria': Determining Causality from Correlation: 1) Strength of association, 2) Consistency, 3) Specificity, 4) Temporality, 5) Biological gradient (dose response), 6) Plausibility, 7) Coherence, 8) Experiment, 9) Analogy.
-190804-2.2>5. What Leads to Trust or Mistrust of Scientists and Physicians. Given all the denial of the science behind vaccines, GMOs, evolution, and climate science, you might think that Americans in general distrust scientists and physicians. It's actually not true. Trust in scientists and doctors remains high, but there are still areas where mistrust of scientists is a significant problem. <ADDED 190818-190630-6>3UCSF -190224-1‡>7A, 190818-Vaccine-1.2 -2. New Poll Finds the US Generally Trusts Scientists, with Some Exceptions, Trust and Mistrust in Americans’ Views of Scientific Experts, Trust in Science Growing, Poll Finds.
-190623-6.1>6. <ADDED 190818>5. Grieving for the Environment, Without Saying Climate Change. When environments change, people can feel they’ve lost something familiar and dear – even if they can’t agree why. In an era of climate change, there’s new thinking about how to cope. [Tweet]. Scientists and Economists Are Warning the World's Governments That Climate Change Will Destroy Capitalism as We Know it. Romney Says Climate Change Is Happening and Humans Are Contributing to It. Climate Change Will Cripple Economies Regardless of Countries' Wealth. | Extinction Symbol, How the Symbol for Extinction Became this Generation’s Peace Sign. [Logo]. Prediction by Extinction Rebellion’s Roger Hallam That Climate Change Will Kill 6 Billion People by 2100 Is Unsupported.
-190602-3.2>7. <ADDED 190818>6. Life, Death and Laughter as Egypt Farmers Battle Climate Change$, turning to community theater to teach farmers how to save water and cope with hotter temperatures.
-190421-2>8. <ADDED 190811>6. Paris Streets near Notre Dame to Be Decontaminated from Lead. Lead Scrubbed from Paris Streets as Notre Dame Work Resumes. Notre Dame Works Resume in Paris after Lead Scare. [Photo -2-]. Unknown if years from now there will be reports of responders and children harmed by the lead from Notre Dame. Notre Dame Repair Crews Are Back to Work, but Paris' Lead Concerns Remain.
-190210-1.1>9. <ADDED 190811>9. AIDS Activists Say Gilead Put Profits over Patients – and Misled Congress about an HIV Pill. <ADDED 190519>4. <ADDED 190512>9. [Meme].
-181209-4>10. <ADDED 190811>7. Colombia Kindly Offers Free Health Care to Venezuelans – up to a Point. The government has promised to welcome migrants from neighboring Venezuela as "blood brothers". But more than 1 million newcomers are adding to the stress on an already strained health care system. 190825-Polemic-Venezuela.
-181118-VCP-China>11. <ADDED 190818>9. Mating Behavior and Movement Patterns Influence Dynamics of Animal Diseases. An analysis of long term data of an outbreak of classical swine fever in wild boars in the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern that occurred between 1993 and 2000. The results show that non infected regions have a higher risk of infection due to changes in movement patterns, particularly during the mast and rutting seasons (autumn and winter). Philippines: Still Unknown Disease Prompts Culling of Pigs, Philippines Outbreak News: Dengue, Measles, African Swine Fever, 190825-Vaccine-PDWN. Russia Reports New Case of African Swine Fever in its Far East, <ADDED 190811>8. Ukraine Pork Industry Takes A Huge Hit from African Swine Fever. China to Speed up Subsidies for Pigs Culled Due to African Swine Fever. 190825-Polemic-5.3. 190825-Vaccine-PDWN.
-180513-1.1>12. <ADDED 190818>10. Mambasa Calls for Building an ETC. ICCN Sets up Checkpoints to Prevent Ebola in the Parks. In Congo, Even Ebola Can't Stop Lovers from Dancing. Ebola Spreads in DRC Provinces as Cases Approach 2,900. Enhanced Ebola Control Measures at the Kavimvira Border. Gombe, So Far ... and Yet So Close. Goma: Thousands of People Demonstrate in Support of the Ebola Response \fs24ul-2-. Governor Carly Nzanzu Threatens to Stop Pastors Who Deny Ebola Outbreak, Carly Nzanzu: If I Still Hear a Pastor Say That Ebola Is a Business, I Will Stop It. Dr Muyembe Supports the Involvement of Veterinarians in the Fight Against Ebola. ICRC Puts Ebola Prevention Measures in Kangbwayi Central Prison. Hospital Ebola Spread Confirmed in South Kivu. 190825-Polemic-DRCongo. 190825-Vaccine-PDWN.
-170813-4.1>13. While the current US administration tried to Invent a sonic weapon conspiracy theory with Cuba to justify its reversal of what would have been beneficial policies, 161023-9, 160619-5, an actual threat from Cuba was ignored. An Unreported Zika Outbreak in 2017 Detected Through Travel Surveillance and Genetics -2- -3- -4$- -5$- by analyzing travel patterns and mosquito modeling, researchers unearthed a spike in Zika cases from travelers returning from Cuba during the summer of 2017 that was not captured by local reports. 170521-↕4, 161127-12, 160508-4.1. Likewise Cuba was trying to maintain its narrative of being a haven of medical progress and public health, 161113-4.2. Unfortunately in this age where the integrity of what should be reliable sources and information is questions, it needs to be considered that this report is also erroneous with a political agenda, or slanted to give a spin to interpretation that is not warranted, possibly duping trusted information sources. However, Cuba has been known to hide public health hazards before Cuba Conceals Cholera Outbreak 2013. There is also the familiar pattern that this was known before, Cuba’s Hidden Zika Outbreak, January 2019, raising the question of why is it gaining attention months (or years) later. ¶ The Zika + Wolbachia Connection: What the WHO, CDC, NIH, USAID, Multiple Gov'ts & Billionaires Do NOT Want You to Know [Tweet].
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