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Why Comparing Covid To The Spanish Flu Is Very Misleading

May 29, 2020
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Many comparisons have been made between the current Covid-19 pandemic and the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918-1919. The ongoing pandemic has been called the most severe to have occurred since then. That may be true, but the comparisons stop there. Making too many comparisons between two things that are in no way comparable to one another makes the lesser seem far worse than it is. Thus, comparing Covid to the Spanish Flu greatly exaggerates its severity. It is just one…

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Democrats Are Blowing It On The Coronavirus

April 21, 2020
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America’s response to the coronavirus has been horrifically bungled. It has been so horrifically bungled it actually makes the Chinese government’s response, or at least certain aspects of it, look reasonable by comparison. The Chinese government’s decision to downplay the extent of the problem and fail to take early actions has been mirrored by Western governments, as has the subsequent panic and lockdown implementations. At least there was no censorship or cover up in the West, and that is significant.…

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Coronavirus Shutdowns Highlight Class Privilege and Divisions

April 10, 2020
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To all the people out there who keep saying the economy is just a bunch of numbers, I have some news: it’s a lot more than that. The economy is not just about the stock market and 401K’s or how much money is in your wallet. Those who dismiss the economic consequences of this shutdown as insignificant, or accuse those who worry about the economic toll more than the virus of being cold-hearted and indifferent to human life, or think…

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Coronavirus Panic: Public Hysteria at its Worst

March 24, 2020
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*Update: This article was published in March and is based on events at that time. Most of it was actually written in February and was then updated before being published. While I am aware some things have changed since then, the overall message and my overall position, that the coronavirus may be a major public health crisis that should be taken seriously but the public hysteria and lockdowns are outrageous and self-destructive, remains the same. It seems the world is…

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