[NOTE: This is the first part of a planned 2-parter.] First of all, we have the politics of the COVID response: (1) Authorities like to be authoritarian and order people around. So there is psychological satisfaction from it. (2) It … Continue reading →
There’s some news about the study that purports to explain why the CDC changed its mask recommendations to saying that even vaccinated people need to wear masks indoors in higher-COVID areas. Here’s a link to the actual study results. I … Continue reading →
Here’s the edict: US Capitol Police officers will arrest visitors and staff members who refuse to comply with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s renewed COVID-19 mask mandate — heightening tensions with Republicans who call the mandate an unscientific power trip. Police … Continue reading →
During the Trump administration, the left demanded the most rigorous of clinical trials and controls before any possible treatment that the right – and Trump in particular – might have suggested was possibly helpful in fighting COVID. And yet this … Continue reading →
Actually, it sometimes feels as though the entire world has gone stark raving mad lately. But some places have gone more mad than others: Case in point, Australia: It’s hard to know exactly when Australia’s pandemic response crossed the line … Continue reading →
We know that the risk to children from COVID is very low, even if they get it. But we love our children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren so very much that any threat to them feels terrible. I want to protect … Continue reading →
Now that cannabis is on the way to becoming legal in more and more states, let’s take a look at this: A new study out of Denmark has found that, in the past 25 years, the number of schizophrenia cases … Continue reading →
But why bother? His state has been obvious since way before the 2020 election, and it’s even more evident now. But if I neglect the stories, it seems like I’m ignoring them entirely. So I’ll just link to a couple … Continue reading →
I’ve seen that figure touted here and there online, and the other day a friend of mine also insisted that people are dropping like flies from the vaccine. At this point, I see no reason to believe that’s true. It’s … Continue reading →
Yesterday, commenter Edward R. Bonderenka wrote this: As for the efficacy of the injection. I heard this morning that Israel, thoroughly injected, is seeing an upswing in ChiVi. Now I hear it’s the Delta Variant (I shudder in fear). But … Continue reading →
Quite a few of the Democrats fleeing the Texas legislature seem to have gotten COVID for their troubles. And yet they were all fully vaccinated. To me, this demonstrates two things about the vaccine and COVID. The first is that … Continue reading →
Commenter “Griffin” writes: We are transitioning into the ‘vaccine is not enough must wear a mask forever’ phase of this nonsense. Perhaps. But I don’t think so. The simple reason is that the American people have no stomach for it … Continue reading →