With the greatest respect to the people of New Zealand, which have done a great job in general, and their prime minister, who is a superstar, the country has a population of half of that of London. So no wonder it has been easy to keep infections down.
On 17/09/2021 23:56, Klaatu wrote: > Content is frequently edited on HPR. Our shownotes team is very active in > maintaining relevant shownotes, correcting errors, and so on. > > Technically, we also prepend and append audio to episodes that require intro > and outro sequences. > > I think links to some country's disease control could be useful in the > shownotes. After all, the show host *is* encouraging people to think > critically about a disease, so providing a link to knowledgeable sources of > information seems in line with what that episode is [technically] all about. > I'm not convinced that the US's CDC is the best source of information, > however. I propose the New Zealand government site, as NZ has been able to > keep casualties and breakouts pretty low. > https://covid19.govt.nz/health-and-wellbeing/about-covid-19/ > > On Saturday, September 18, 2021 10:29:47 AM NZST BK Navarette wrote: >> I thought content wasn't edited on hpr. >> >> Brian-in-ohio >> >> On 9/17/21 17:21, Joshua Knapp wrote: >>> Would it be possible to actually flag 3414 with the information to the >>> CDC or other reputable source of information? Similar to how YouTube >>> and other services flag posts like this? >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 2:17 PM Klaatu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> It is objectively true that people are dying from Covid-19, and if >>> that didn't >>> concern the Hacker Public Radio community, I'd be saddened and >>> disappointed in >>> all of us. >>> >>> Most listeners of HPR are not on this mailing list. I propose we >>> combat the >>> disinformation in 3414 with *several* episodes of correct >>> information. I >>> believe the best cure for ignorance is knowledge. >>> >>> People already believe that "critical thinking" (read: ignoring >>> scientific >>> evidence and "doing your own research" even though you have no >>> access to Covid >>> patients or laboratories) will expose "the truth" behind Covid. >>> Episode 3414 >>> isn't introducing anybody to these ideas. >>> >>> Episodes in response to it, however, could be the thing that gives >>> someone the >>> courage to stop all of their head-in-the-sand "critical thinking" >>> and to start >>> listening to the experts. >>> >>> I'm happy to do an episode in response, and in fact I'll post one >>> later today. >>> I'd be happier still if anybody responding to this thread does the >>> same. >>> >>> -klaatu >>> >>> > brian-in-ohio >>> > >>> > On 9/17/21 15:09, nihilazo via Hpr wrote: >>> > > Hello, >>> > > I have been wanting to contribute another episode to HPR for >>> >>> years but >>> >>> > > have not got around to it yet. However I am more skeptical to >>> >>> lend my >>> >>> > > voice to HPR after the publication of episode 3414, which spreads >>> > > anti-vaccine and conspiratorial ideas and promotes vitamin B3 as a >>> > > vaccine alternative (which has some benefits, as a preventative >>> > > alongside the vaccine, but is no replacement, and studies are >>> >>> still >>> >>> > > fairly preliminary). >>> > > I understand that usual HPR policy dictates that episodes are >>> >>> not to >>> >>> > > be edited or removed after they are uploaded but in the case >>> >>> of this >>> >>> > > episode I think it's irresponsible for Hacker Public Radio to >>> >>> leave it >>> >>> > > up, especially in the midst of a global health crisis. >>> > > Are there any plans to deal with this episode's potentially >>> >>> harmful >>> >>> > > content? >>> > > >>> > > Thanks, >>> > > Nico >>> > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > Hpr mailing list >>> > > [email protected] >>> >>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.or >>> g >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Hpr mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> >>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.or >>> g >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Hpr mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.or >>> g >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Hpr mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > [email protected] > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > -- Michael A. Ray Analyst/Programmer Witley, Surrey, South-east UK He/him "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
