On Bad Ad Hoc Theories

I have a soft spot for ad hoc theories, even bad ones, as long as they are funny. These early days of 2020, though, the fun has escaped us by and large, and creative minds can go to some dark places. I ended up getting into a brief Twitter discussion with Mattias Geniar concerning a blog post in which he puts forth the proposition that countries deliberately delay a their attempts to Flatten The Curve of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in order to “save money on medical expenses”. [Read More]