Let go of people who are not ready to love you yet.

The quote below was written anonymously, not by Anthony Hopkins. Nevertheless, it does have some hard truths in it.

“Let go of people who are not ready to love you yet.
This is the hardest thing you’ll ever have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing.
Stop having difficult conversations with people who don’t want to change.”

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Explaining the Nocebo Effect, Emotional Contagion, and Mass Hysteria

At the beginning of the pandemic, I couldn’t wrap my mind around why so many people were acting in such irrational and self-destructive ways. I had to find a way to explain their behavior, even if just to myself. Despite being an infectious disease immunologist, this meant delving into human psychology. Fortunately, I found many…

Explaining the Nocebo Effect, Emotional Contagion, and Mass Hysteria

My blogs future

I started this blog to record as best as I could the covid years, and how it impacted us and how we have changed as a result.

In 2020, we were the scum of the earth according to the Government paid media, and the pressure to vaccinate was relentless, and at times overwhelming.

Every radio and TV channel were all shouting the same message. Censorship on Facebook became intolerable, so I left.

It would have been easier just to shut up, take the jab, and be a good boy.

One thing stopped me though. It just felt wrong to succumb to bullying, and the facts didn’t add up.

In the last year, other internet sites have sprung up, who write far better articles on the subject than I ever could, so it’s superflous of me to continue on that path.

Some examples are:

https://nzdsos.com/

https://brownstone.org/

https://www.thedailyexaminer.co.nz/covid19/

https://thehealthforumnz.co.nz/

The debate about covid for me at least is over.

What matters now is the future, so the way forward for me is to just write stuff that is of interest to me.

I also wont be sharing posts as much, because I feel it cheapens the quality of the blog.

Happy 2024 everyone!