Topic: R Lockdown Skepticism

Producers in Chicago and Nashville announced upcoming meetups, including a gathering at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The hosts noted that online communities like "r/LockdownSkepticism" frequently use clips and information from the show. These meetups serve as a way for "slaves" to build local networks and resist ongoing lockdown measures in their respective states.

Neil Ferguson resigned from the UK's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) after violating lockdown protocols to meet a romantic partner. A professional code review of Ferguson’s influential pandemic model by the group "Lockdown Skeptics" revealed significant software engineering flaws, including non-repeatable outputs and a lack of regression testing. The review characterized the model as "stochastic," meaning its results are largely determined by random variables.