Memory is a wonderful thing – when it works. Today it doesn’t.

I have mentioned occasionally that I have a number of half-finished posts I intend to eventually publish in this space. Some are on my phone, others on my computer. At least once a week I look and see if there is one I am in the mood to finish.

Today’s post is one of those. But I have no idea what it is about.

Apparently I got no farther than the title. The idea must have been so vivid in my mind in early 2021 that I didn’t need anything more.

With a title like “Playing With Statistics,” the post was probably going to be about the COVID-19 pandemic and the messaging around it. I remember having concerns about some of the ways the numbers were being presented. It struck me that health professionals and governments were at times being alarmist without data to back up what they were asking citizens to give up.

I deal with conspiracy theories on an almost daily basis. Frequently they deal with politicians and governments. Some are supposedly worldwide.

My usual response is to ask how a government that can’t figure out how to buy new ships or planes for the military, or deliver passports to citizens in a timely fashion, could possibly pull off a global conspiracy. It just doesn’t make sense.

Like the “stolen” American election in 2020, people believe what they want to believe. Their minds are made up, so please don’t confuse them with the facts.

I don’t remember what I was going to say about COVID-19 statistics three years ago. It probably doesn’t matter anymore. It might not have even mattered then.

Of course, once I publish this my memory is likely to recover that lost thought from 2021. Maybe I was lamenting the Ottawa Senators’ performance in the NHL season. Maybe it was something to do with the economy.

We’ll probably never know – and I am okay with that. Are you?