DOESN'T ANYBODY PAY ATTENTION TO THE EVIDENCE?

The latest surge of corona panic comes from Germany. Merkel’s government slams packed Cologne stadium.

Images of the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd at Saturday’s first division football match between Cologne and Monchengladbach sparked nationwide headlines, with many commentators despairing at the lack of masks and social distancing.

“At a time when hard-hit regions are cancelling Christmas markets and tough measures are being introduced” the full stadium “is very difficult to understand”, outgoing Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters.

Local officials in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia said Cologne’s full stadium was justified because supporters had to show they were fully vaccinated or recovered before entering (Germany’s so-called 2G rules).

There might be an even simpler justification. Where were the early fall superspreader events associated with college football, particularly in southern states where Our Intellectual Betters were all over people congregating inside air-conditioned spaces?  Let's see if Germans call attention to coronavirus infections among footie fans.

I repeat, because repeat I must, "[W]hen evidence is contrary to priors, shouldn't people be revising their priors?"