Inadvertently revealing

Vincent J. Curtis

3 Aug 21

RE: Gaps exist in Hamilton’s COVID-19 data. By Joanna Frketich Hamilton Spectator 3 Aug 21.

Just as he who “doth protest too much” is revealing, so it the story about gaps in Hamilton’s COVID-19 data.  The story complains that Hamilton has not been diligent about collecting data in support of the Social Determinants of Health theory.  The purpose of the theory is to show that the poor and downtrodden have poorer health outcomes than the rich and well to do.

We’ve heard a lot about how the poor and the downtrodden have been affected the worst by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now we learn, via this story, that those storytellers were all talking through their hats!  The data simply wasn’t there to support the claims.

No matter.  The whole Social Determinants of Health project is bunkum, as this author showed in a single piece previously.  The theory attempts to correlate statistical results in categories to probable outcomes in health.  It is useless for a single flesh and blood individual!  Never mind the arbitrariness of the categories, it is impossible to get data objectively and consistently.  Personal income data, the most important point of all, is nearly impossible to get right.  And what are the units of measurement of “health”?

SDOH theory belongs in the same category as Critical Race Theory and Gender Identity Theory, Marxian nonsense intended to create division and undermine confidence in our civilization.  Not collecting data in support of it is no loss.

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