Here's what the unvaccinated can expect from taking Ivermectin to treat Covid

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5. That was (and remains) a cherry-picking fallacy

It focuses on one piece of evidence while excluding the high transmissibility and raft of other known and unknown risks related to the virus.

It is also an appeal to consequences fallacy. If the virus really is like the flu, we can keep the economy humming along. Therefore, it is like the flu.

The appeal to consequences fallacy applies to climate change as well, just on a much slower timescale. One positive outcome of the pandemic is that it has helped to lay bare the realities of magical thinking in real time.