I have seen and heard quite a few theories, thoughts, summary analyses of the Covid-19 pandemic as everyone tries to make sense of what has and is going on and what will happen in the future. As usual most are blaming someone else for it all, no one it seems is willing to look at the problem that lies within the entire system. The Chinese did it, the Americans did it, conservatives, liberals etc etc. Falling perfectly along political lines and temperaments of each person who speaks out, including myself. But the one thing I do is always check and recheck my perspective, my sources, my analysis and reactions to them. I am self reflective to a fault and will change my stance as more good evidence demands it. Changing one’s stance is not weakness, it is prudence. I am reminded of Mark Twain’s quote “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

I am also drawn to these as I read the varied ‘ interpretations’ of today’s world…first from Wikipedia no less –

… the phrase “correlation does not imply causation” refers to the inability to legitimately deduce a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables solely on the basis of an observed association or correlation between them.[1][2] The idea that “correlation implies causation” is an example of a questionable-cause logical fallacy, in which two events occurring together are taken to have established a cause-and-effect relationship. This fallacy is also known by the Latin phrase cum hoc ergo propter hoc (“with this, therefore because of this”). This differs from the fallacy known as post hoc ergo propter hoc (“after this, therefore because of this”), in which an event following another is seen as a necessary consequence of the former event.

And secondly, Occam’s Razor – simply put, refers to the philosophical idea that of any given set of explanations for an event occurring, it is most likely that the simplest one is the correct one until new evidence to be considered comes along.

Lastly … The more you know, the more you don’t know. The more you believe, the more you don’t want to know.