Here’s an interesting article from August of 2021 about the relatively low death rates from COVID in Africa. One of its points is that there is evidence that more people in Africa were exposed to COVID and infected with it, … Continue reading →
There’s an awful lot being said about the Chinese protests, but I’m going to boil it down to this interview with a Chinese dissident artist. I’m pretty much in agreement with him, from what I see – except I’m inclined … Continue reading →
Governments around the world used the fear engendered by the COVID pandemic to increase their control on both the behavior of their populations and the ability of those populations to exchange information. The excuse was that this was a life-or-death … Continue reading →
You’ve almost certainly read about the protests in China. On the one hand, it’s encouraging that people so tightly controlled want to be more free and are willing to go public with it in significant numbers. On the other hand, … Continue reading →
Let’s just forget about all that lockdown stuff Democrats pushed and pushed and pushed, that was so damaging to society and in particular to kids, writes Emily Oster. Like another Emily: From the article: These precautions were totally misguided. In … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Kate.”] This has just been announced: Today the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss and vote on whether or not to add the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna to the list of … Continue reading →
There’s a big brouhaha about the admission by Pfizer executive Janine Small that the vaccine was not initially tested to see whether it prevented the transmission of the virus to others. I have to say that the admission doesn’t bother … Continue reading →
Very Soviet of Newsom, and of the California legislature that passed this bill: Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed California Assembly Bill 2098, making it the first state to attempt to censor what physicians can say about COVID-19 to their patients. … Continue reading →
Learning how it’s done: A U.S. district court judge issued a ruling on Tuesday that requires Chief Medical Adviser to the President Anthony Fauci, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and other key public health officials to turn over all … Continue reading →
When the federal government turns it into a moral hazard. Biden and company say, Hey, we’ve got an idea! Let’s make people who scrimped and saved and sacrificed and paid off their student loans pay off the loans of others! … Continue reading →
Commenter “Bauxite” observes: The language game is the MO of the left. It works most of the time because most of our political and policy debates occur in the realm of abstract theory. The left can bluff its way through … Continue reading →
Supposedly he is experiencing only mild symptoms. I actually believe that’s most likely the case, because in general COVID has become more and more mild over time – in the manner of most infectious viral diseases. That didn’t stop the … Continue reading →