Remember the Hong Kong flu?
Those of you who were alive at the time probably remember the phrase, as I do. And that’s just about all I remember about it. I was no child, either; I was in college, going about my business, and my … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Health
COVID-19: making predictions
I have gotten to the point where I no longer put any trust in the prognostications of scientists about COVID-19 and the comparison of various social policy tactics for dealing with it. These people have lost credibility – and I … Continue reading →
China, China, and more China
From Richard Fernandez: If all this Chinese espionage, hacking and secrets theft is so widespread, how come it never came to prominence before? It's like it sprang fully formed from Zeus' forehead. If it is real the scandal is why … Continue reading →
“They can’t arrest us all”: the Laguna Beach uprising
[Hat tip: American Digest.] Actually, they could arrest them all, if they called in enough police, and wanted to. But they don’t really want to at this point. One of the most interesting things to me in the video is … Continue reading →
So, how are all those New York stay-at-homes getting infected?
Governor Cuomo of New York has announced the following, and asks some questions I’d like answered: With everything we’ve done – closed schools, closed businesses, everybody shelter at home, all the precautions about where a mask, where gloves, etc. – … Continue reading →
Governor Abbott of Texas bans jail for business openers…
…and frees Shelley Luther. Throwing Texans in jail whose biz's shut down through no fault of their own is wrong. I am eliminating jail for violating an order, retroactive to April 2, superseding local orders. Criminals shouldn’t be released to … Continue reading →
Dennis Prager thinks the worldwide lockdown may have been the biggest mistake in history
I sometimes agree with Prager, but not here: But for those open to reading thoughts they may differ with, here is the case for why the worldwide lockdown is not only a mistake but also, possibly, the worst mistake the … Continue reading →
De Blasio: NYC may still send COVID patients back to nursing homes
It’s hard to believe New Yorkers not only elected, but re-elected, this man: Mayor Bill de Blasio said some hospitalized patients who have tested positive for the coronavirus should still return to their nursing homes — even though they risk … Continue reading →
COVID: What the Chinese knew, and when they knew it
There has been an explosion of stories about the Chinese coverup of COVID-19. Rather than offer my own, I’m just going to link to a few. I will add, however, that this is mostly old news to those who have … Continue reading →
As suspected, COVID had already spread outside China at least as early as December
The French have made a discovery: A French hospital which has retested old samples from pneumonia patients discovered that it treated a man who had COVID-19 as early as Dec. 27, nearly a month before the French government confirmed its … Continue reading →
Dr. Birx: “We underestimated very early on the number of asymptomatic cases”
Dr. Birx made this claim in an interview on Saturday: I think we underestimated very early on the number of asymptomatic cases. And I think we’re really beginning to understand there are people that get infected that those symptoms are … Continue reading →
COVID shutdown protests: Will it be a bang or a whimper?
From T. S. Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men: In this last of meeting places We grope together And avoid speech Gathered on this beach of the tumid river… This is the way the world ends This is the way the … Continue reading →