Tom Moultrie
@tom-moultrie.bsky.social
Professor of demography at UCapeTown; CRVS systems; cricket; politics. Analyst of South African Covid testing data and excess deaths (2020-)
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Excited to visit Wits University in Joburg next month, to co-teach an advanced course on TB with African colleagues!
November 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Excited to visit Wits University in Joburg next month, to co-teach an advanced course on TB with African colleagues!
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Oh, this one's easy - it's the libertarianism. Modern libertarians like to believe that health and longevity is ENTIRELY under individual control.
This means that public health is unnecessary. Conveniently, it also means that they can pay lower taxes on their hoarded billions.
This means that public health is unnecessary. Conveniently, it also means that they can pay lower taxes on their hoarded billions.
One of the things I still don’t understand is how these tech bros can be pro-technology and anti science.
November 25, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Oh, this one's easy - it's the libertarianism. Modern libertarians like to believe that health and longevity is ENTIRELY under individual control.
This means that public health is unnecessary. Conveniently, it also means that they can pay lower taxes on their hoarded billions.
This means that public health is unnecessary. Conveniently, it also means that they can pay lower taxes on their hoarded billions.
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Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
November 25, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
Uh-oh. No further comment tonight. (And those Standard Errors are implausible with a PES of n = 170 000)
October 10, 2023 at 2:47 PM
Uh-oh. No further comment tonight. (And those Standard Errors are implausible with a PES of n = 170 000)
Today is #CensusResultsDay in South Africa, also known as demographers' Data Christmas! A brief thread on what we might be looking for, and at.
October 10, 2023 at 8:14 AM
Today is #CensusResultsDay in South Africa, also known as demographers' Data Christmas! A brief thread on what we might be looking for, and at.
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Another demographer says we should not fear population decline. It's almost as if population alarmism is politically motivated: "China’s population boom is over...this will not decrease its standard of living, thanks to improvements in education & health"
Should or should not China be afraid of population decline? - N-IUSSP
China’s population boom is over: demographic aging and decline will characterize its foreseeable future. However, according to Wang Feng, this will not entail a decrease in the standard of living .....
www.niussp.org
October 9, 2023 at 10:04 AM
Another demographer says we should not fear population decline. It's almost as if population alarmism is politically motivated: "China’s population boom is over...this will not decrease its standard of living, thanks to improvements in education & health"