Earlier this week, I deconstructed the argument that downgrading of COVID-19 deaths means we should relax social distancing. Unfortunately, social distancing denial is on the increase. Here’s another insightful analogy exposing the flawed logic behind arguments to prematurely relax social distancing.
Thanks to Greg Hamra for suggesting the analogy!
UPDATE 22 March 2020: For anyone wanting to use this cartoon in a powerpoint or video, here’s a 1920×1080 version.
UPDATE 22 March 2020: Bärbel Winkler has translated this cartoon into German.
UPDATE 23 March 2020: Julio Cesar Reis has translated this cartoon into Portuguese.
UPDATE 26 March 2020: Stephanie I Anderson has translated this cartoon into Spanish.
UPDATE 7 May 2020: The cartoon has been translated into French.
UPDATE 10 May 2020: Pekka Koponen has translated this cartoon into Finnish.
UPDATE 10 May 2020: Nigel Parry has translated this cartoon into Arabic.
UPDATE 11 May 2020: Sojung Kim has translated this cartoon into Korean.
UPDATE 12 May 2020: Nousheen Zaidi has translated this cartoon into Urdu.
UPDATE 13 May 2020: Raül Sala Naranjo has translated this cartoon into Catalan.
For anyone else interested in translating this cartoon into other languages, here is a version without text – making it easier to add the translated text.
Cynthia Gonnella
Perfection.
Sir Charles
Hitting the nail on the head. Congrats!
AATP
Wisdom prevails always, my friend!
Paolo Gigli
In Serbian (understandable at most of Balkan peninsula).
Thank you!!!
A. Randomjack
And now in French
Thank you very much Dr. Cook
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John Cook
Thanks! Let me know how you’d like to be credited in the blog post!
A. Randomjack
No need to. I’m fine with being incognito 😉
Take care.
A. Randomjack
P.S. I wrote a French climate blog for 3 years. Thanks for all the info you provided me on Skeptical Science and in your You Tube videos.