TheESP – Ep. #264 – Frankie’s Faulty Finances

 
This week we first marvel at the on-going Mars missions, mention Germany’s need to get a new haircut and are fascinated by the Mount Etna eruptions. If you want to know where to find the French skeptics or the Observatoire Zététique, we tell you how, before we celebrate Brian Cox’ birthday. Pope Frances have double troubles with his trip to Iraq and that the Vatican finances are bleeding.Then, of course, we take look at the news:

• COVID-19 – So, are we gonna win this?
• Cancer and cardiovascular diagnoses missed during pandemic
• Wodarg (CoViD denier) is filing a lawsuit against Volksverpetzer
• Vaccine scams emerge as rollout continues
• Over 60% of Russians do not want the Sputnik vaccine – virus is created as biological weapon
• Conspiracy theories start to take hold at age 14?
• All the talks of ESC 2019 are now on YouTube
• Freshwater fish in catastrophic decline
• Swedish MD not charged for assisted death
• Edzard Ernst shares some of the content from his latest book in English

Gwyneth Paltrow claims she knows how to handle long-term covid effects which is Really Wrong. Luckily the NHS knows better and are Really Right.

Enjoy!

Segments:
Intro; Greetings; This Week; Pontus Pokes the Pope; News; Really Wrong and Right; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-takes

The Events Calendar: https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe

0:00:26 INTRO

0:00:53 GREETINGS

• Perseverence’s breathtaking photos
  • JPL (Youtube): https://youtu.be/wE-aQO9XD1g
  • ESA: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/ExoMars/ExoMars_orbiter_images_Perseverance_at_landing_site
• Hairdressers are open again in Germany once more despite of more cases
  • Tagesschau: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/deutschland-friseure-lockerungen-101.html
  • Tagesschau: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/deutschland-pandemie-rki-101.html”
• Mount Etna’s eruptions
  • The Express: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1404163/mount-etna-eruption-bush-fire-volcanic-bombs-lava-fountain-sicily-volcano-latest-evg
• Observatoire Zététique – and where to find them
  • Observatoire zététique: http://zetetique.fr/ou-et-comment-rencontrer-lobservatoire-zetetique/

0:11:07 THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICISM

• Physicist Brian Cox was born on 3 March 1968
  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)

0:12:37 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• FRANKIE IS GOING TO IRAQ. HE ALSO NEEDS TO FIX THE FINANCES
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-middle-east/2021/03/covid-19-cases-rising-in-iraq-as-pope-set-to-visit/
  • Last Week in the Church with John Allen : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vatican-seminary-scandal-vatican-debt-pope-iraq/id1546719470?i=1000510825183

0:20:59 NEWS

• INTERNATIONAL: COVID-19 – So, are we gonna win this?
  • Our World in Data: https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
  • the New England Journal of Medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2101765
  • Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sputnik-mutations/russian-scientists-say-sputnik-v-performs-well-against-covid-mutations-idUSKBN2AR0E7
  • the National News: https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/health/sinopharm-vaccine-in-uae-how-effective-is-it-against-covid-19-and-are-there-side-effects-1.1175488
• SWEDEN / UK: Cancer and cardiovascular diagnoses missed during pandemic
  • SVT: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/vetenskap/6000-utan-cancerdiagnos-under-pandemin
• GERMANY: Wodarg (CoViD denier) is filing a lawsuit against Volksverpetzer
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2021/02/27/fuenf-kilo-altpapier-anwalt-jun-zur-klage-von-wodarg-fuellmich-gegen-den-volksverpetzer/
• INTERNATIONAL: Vaccines scams emerge as rollout continues
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-vaccine-scams-fraud-experts-give-their-top-tips-to-help-you-stay-safe-154610
• RUSSIA: Over 60% of Russians do not want the Sputnik vaccine – virus is created as biological weapon
  • Levada Center: https://www.levada.ru/en/2021/03/01/the-coronavirus-vaccination-and-the-origin-of-the-virus/
• UK: Conspiracy theories start to take hold at age 14?
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/conspiracy-theories-start-to-take-hold-at-age-14-study-suggests-156006
  • VoF (Swedish Skeptics): https://www.vof.se/blogg/videos/philippe-longchamps-teaching-critical-thinking-in-an-era-of-disinformation/
• EUROPE: All the talks of ESC 2019 are now on YouTube
  • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6IRWlRSZPRj4ihAB1xAmSP42pm90-ecW
• INTERNATIONAL: Freshwater fish in catastrophic decline
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56160756
• SWEDEN: Swedish MD not charged for assisted death
  • Dagens Medicin: https://www.dagensmedicin.se/vardens-styrning/juridik/lakaren-staffan-bergstrom-slipper-atal-efter-hjalp-vid-sjalvmord/
• INTERNATIONAL: Edzard Ernst shares some of the content from his latest book in English
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2021/02/the-20-best-so-called-alternative-treatments/

1:00:20 REALLY WRONG/RIGHT

• Wrong and Right: Gwyneth Paltrow and Prof Stephen Powis at the NHS
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/24/gwyneth-paltrows-covid-advice-challenged-nhs-england-director

1:05:05 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on.”
/ Prof. Brian Cox (3 March 1968 – ), English physicist, former musician and science communicator. /

1:05:53 OUTRO

1:07:08 OUT-TAKES