8 Thanks all of you for listening to Hour of the Wolf, and for your kind words here and via e-mail.
As I said to several of you, it’s deceptively hard to do live radio, since you only get one chance to do it right. Jim Freund was a gracious host, however, and I had a few kindly disposed listeners. Thanks.
If you want to hear these radio appearances done right, you should check out Bill Shunn’s (
I am convinced that at this stage of the pandemic, misleading and irresponsible headlines from otherwise reputable news outlets are a major source of damaging misinformation.
“A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful.”
Primo Levi, born on this day in 1919, on human nature: https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/04/24/primo-levi-survival-in-auschwitz/
One other point I'd highlight re: the current Delta Panic is that it's driven media innumeracy rather than by what the Actual Experts™ think. Here e.g. is the White House pushing back vs. an extremely misleading and harmful @nytimes tweet that NYT is too stubborn to correct. https://twitter.com/benwakana46/status/1421182153224818694
VACCINATED PEOPLE DO NOT TRANSMIT THE VIRUS AT THE SAME RATE AS UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AND IF YOU FAIL TO INCLUDE THAT CONTEXT YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1420972977005412354
A responsible headline would read: 99.93% of fully vaccinated Americans have not tested positive. The COVID vaccine works. https://twitter.com/cnbc/status/1421209879629422594
Breakthrough Covid cases: At least 125,000 fully vaccinated Americans have tested positive https://cnb.cx/2Wv0nJM
Good point by Kevin here. What people will hear is that "vaccinated people spread delta variant as effectively as unvaccinated" but that statement ignores low probability of infection if vaccinated https://twitter.com/KevinFPBennett/status/1421081517942624259
Careful about retweeting claims that vaccinated people spread Delta just as easily as unvaccinated people. Here's the slide that's based on. It's conditional on a breakthrough infection occurring, which is still rare.
steelbrassnwood
Sorry I missed it (OK, not THAT sorry I wasn’t up at 5am), and glad it went well. I’ll definitely listen to the archived version.
admin
Well, 5 a.m. is a little early.
shunn
I still need to put the recordings together. Sorry it’s taken so long! I hope to get it done before the France trip.
shunn
You’re very kind, though I thought you did a great job yourself.
admin
Right. Because you don’t have enough on your plate in the next three days. Don’t worry about it. Go to France. Eat cheese, drink wine, and participate in the 10-Metre Oyster Splooge.
Bon Apetit!
admin
Thanks. Woody Allen seemed to enjoy it.
shunn
Believe me, this was one of the pleasant tasks waiting to be knocked down before we invade Normandy. And now it’s done!
shunn
You can’t argue with his taste.