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A review by alina_the_banana
Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives by Alex Berenson
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Why is this dude bragging about being called the "Worlds Most Wrong Person About COVID"?
He keeps talking about how if you "look at the actual facts", you’ll find that COVID wasn’t a big deal, but he never really presents us with any facts. No data points, no graphs, very few numerical values. He fluffs this book up with a bunch of subjective adjectives and over generalizations, without providing any real hard-core evidence to support his claims.
Also, in the very beginning of the book, Alex Berenson says, that "aside from a couple bad days in New York," everything was just peachy. Mhm. By "a couple bad days in New York, do you mean the death of 6 Million people worldwide, and the infection of 572 Million?
And again, he keeps using these patronizingly false over generalizations, claiming that, quote, "hospitals were nowhere near being overrun". Tell that to the people who had to lie in cars and hallways because hospital beds were full. Tell that to all the nurses and doctors who were "drafted" to serve inhumane hours in order to save other's lives. They had to lower the bar on what qualified as legally dead in order to save time and prioritize lives! I'd say that's a pretty big deal!
The most irritating part of this book is the way Alex Berenson flippantly jokes about a global catastrophe that ended in millions of deaths, billions of jobs lost, and worldwide suffering. Even if you believe that people overreacted, or that scientists were lying or whatever, you still need to acknowledge that people suffered and died, and treat this subject with the seriousness and respects it deserves.
In the end, Berenson talked a big game and delivered nothing. He claimed that he - a lowly New York Times castoff - could debunk and disprove the expert analysis of people like Dr. Fauci, recipients of the John Hopkins awards, presidential medal of freedom, and so many more. In the end, he proved nothing, disrespected a great number of people who unnecessarily lost their lives and the families that grieved them, and wasted paper and everyone's time. I'd burn my copy if I didn’t respect books too much.
He keeps talking about how if you "look at the actual facts", you’ll find that COVID wasn’t a big deal, but he never really presents us with any facts. No data points, no graphs, very few numerical values. He fluffs this book up with a bunch of subjective adjectives and over generalizations, without providing any real hard-core evidence to support his claims.
Also, in the very beginning of the book, Alex Berenson says, that "aside from a couple bad days in New York," everything was just peachy. Mhm. By "a couple bad days in New York, do you mean the death of 6 Million people worldwide, and the infection of 572 Million?
And again, he keeps using these patronizingly false over generalizations, claiming that, quote, "hospitals were nowhere near being overrun". Tell that to the people who had to lie in cars and hallways because hospital beds were full. Tell that to all the nurses and doctors who were "drafted" to serve inhumane hours in order to save other's lives. They had to lower the bar on what qualified as legally dead in order to save time and prioritize lives! I'd say that's a pretty big deal!
The most irritating part of this book is the way Alex Berenson flippantly jokes about a global catastrophe that ended in millions of deaths, billions of jobs lost, and worldwide suffering. Even if you believe that people overreacted, or that scientists were lying or whatever, you still need to acknowledge that people suffered and died, and treat this subject with the seriousness and respects it deserves.
In the end, Berenson talked a big game and delivered nothing. He claimed that he - a lowly New York Times castoff - could debunk and disprove the expert analysis of people like Dr. Fauci, recipients of the John Hopkins awards, presidential medal of freedom, and so many more. In the end, he proved nothing, disrespected a great number of people who unnecessarily lost their lives and the families that grieved them, and wasted paper and everyone's time. I'd burn my copy if I didn’t respect books too much.