Transmillennial

In arguing against science -- a predicament in which they find themselves with ever increasing frequency -- conservatives usually resort to finding a denialist, an individual who rejects the scientific consensus and is willing to be hauled out in public. A superior denialist needs some credentials. Joe the Plumber rejects climate change is just not that convincing. And if the denialist's credentials really aren't that impressive, well, boost them a little. This brings us to a denialist named Kurt Wittkowski and COVID-19. Wittkowski is certainly a data scientist, and back in the 1980s and 90s he had some claim to the title of epidemiologist, since he worked on the HIV pandemic in Germany, though his last paper on epidemiology was in the year 2000. He seems to have a legitimate Ph.D from Tübingen, and was habilitated there, though despite his claims, a habilitation is not a DSc. His Linked-In page says he was a C1 (Assistant Professor) an obsolete designation which was imper...