Despite the pushback, some lawmakers have called for a nationwide mask mandate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a federal mask requirement is “long overdue.” The Democratic governors of New Jersey and Illinois have also called for a national mandate. Both President Trump and Vice President Pence have expressed opposition to the idea. “Certainly a national mandate is not in order,” White…
Month: July 2020
WSJ reports “Do Lockdowns Save Many Lives? In Most Places, the Data Say No”
The speed with which officials shuttered the economy appears not to be a factor in Covid deaths. Do quick shutdowns work to fight the spread of Covid-19? Joe Malchow, Yinon Weiss and I wanted to find out. We set out to quantify how many deaths were caused by delayed shutdown orders on a state-by-state basis….
Fox breaks news: “Chinese virologist accuses Beijing of coronavirus cover-up, flees Hong Kong: ‘I know how they treat whistleblowers'”
Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li-Meng Yan told Fox News in an exclusive interview that she believes the Chinese government knew about the novel coronavirus well before it claimed it did. She says her supervisors, renowned as some of the top experts in the field, also ignored research she was doing at the onset of the pandemic that she believes could…
Doctor to Orlando Medical News: “Why Increasing Number of Cases of COVID-19 is NOT Bad News”
In marked contrast to measles, shingles, and other infectious disease, “cases” of COVID-19 do NOT require the presence of ANY symptoms whatsoever. Health departments are encouraging everyone and anyone to come in for testing, and each positive test is reported as yet another “new” case of COVID-19! Hence, anyone who has a positive PCR test (the nasal…
Orlando Medical News reports “As COVID Testing Soars, Wait Times for Results Jump to a Week or More”
Elliot Truslow went to a CVS drugstore on June 15 in Tucson, Arizona, to get tested for the coronavirus. The drive-thru nasal swab test took less than 15 minutes. More than 22 days later, the University of Arizona graduate student was still waiting for results. “This is outrageous,” said Truslow, 30, who has been quarantining…
JB Handley writes “Lockdown Lunacy 2.0: Second wave? Not even close”
The headlines are filled with dire warnings of a “second wave” and trigger-happy Governors are rolling back regulations to try to stem the tide of new cases. But, is any of it actually true and should we all be worried? No, it’s not a second wave. The COVID-19 virus is on its final legs… https://jbhandleyblog.com/home/2020/6/28/secondwave
Real Clear Politics reports ” How Fear, Groupthink Drove Unnecessary Global Lockdowns”
In the face of a novel virus threat, China clamped down on its citizens. Academics used faulty information to build faulty models. Leaders relied on these faulty models. Dissenting views were suppressed. The media flamed fears and the world panicked. That is the story of what may eventually be known as one of the biggest…
The Hill reports “The COVID-19 shutdown will cost Americans millions of years of life”
Our governmental COVID-19 mitigation policy of broad societal lockdown focuses on containing the spread of the disease at all costs, instead of “flattening the curve” and preventing hospital overcrowding. Although well-intentioned, the lockdown was imposed without consideration of its consequences beyond those directly from the pandemic. The policies have created the greatest global economic disruption in history, with trillions…
MSN reports “Trump breaks with Fauci: US in ‘good place’ in fight against virus”
President Trump broke with top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Tuesday by saying the U.S. is in a “good place” in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-breaks-with-fauci-us-in-good-place-in-fight-against-virus/ar-BB16sue5?