Covid Pandemic Issues, Information and Ethics

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Unbelievable?

Secret Chinese-run CA lab hid COVID, other infectious … The Sacramento Beehttps://www.sacbee.com › california › article277949468 4 days ago — A secret Chinese-run laboratory in Reedley, California was illegally hiding infectious diseases, including COVID-19, malaria and other … What was inside the illegal medical lab found in California? … FOX59.comhttps://fox59.com › news › national-world › what-was… 5 days ago — (KSEE/KGPE) – Court documents detail the horrors and dangerous nature of an illegal lab found in Reedley, California, exposed several months ago … Illegal lab in California carried bioengineered mice … USA Todayhttps://www.usatoday.com › nation › 2023/07/31...

Understanding and Recognizing the Straw Man

Recognizing the set-up of a straw man which one can easily then knock down in a seemingly-logical argument is a valuable skill. I can’t say I can immediate recognize/identify/verbalize the straw man when I see or hear him being constructed. I’m not always quick on the uptake but often my mind/gut will tell me something is wrong here in the logic long before I can pinpoint it. This talk is interesting since they identify/deconstruct a particular straw man argument recently...