Covid Unleashed the Modern Flagellants
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In England in the 14th century, when the marauding Flagellants came to town, good members of the community found these people amusing and rather ridiculous, and... Read more.
The Purpose of Social Distancing Was Not to Wait for a Vaccine
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It’s long past time for the pandemic central planners to level with the American people about what they were attempting and why. They did not explain then, and... Read more.
A Framework for Understanding Pathogens, Explained by Sunetra Gupta
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If it is possible to mash together hard science, poetry, epidemiology, and sociology, it is this book. It is not a huge treatise but closer to an extended essay.... Read more.
Mises on Intellectual Obligation in Times of Crisis
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We are not atomistic. We do not live in isolation. We live as a decentralized network of free people, cooperating together out of choice and to our mutual betterment.... Read more.
The World Health Organization Endorses Lockdowns Forever
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The panel wants rigorous lockdowns, in every country, whenever government science advisors demand them. Forever.... Read more.
Did China Do It Right?
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SHARE | PRINT | EMAILRecall that the lockdowns that came to the U.S. in 2020 had an unusual origin. It was from Wuhan, China. That city’s experience became the... Read more.
The Trouble with Virus Eliminationism
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The idea of virus elimination via government is a fundamental threat to all Enlightenment values. It is not scientific at all: serious scholars in this field have... Read more.
Thoughts on the Pulitzer Prize for Covid Coverage
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SHARE | PRINT | EMAILWhat a way to top off a year-and-a-half-long collapse of public confidence in once-respected institutions! The Pulitzer Prize committee has... Read more.
Why Did Healthcare Spending Decline 8.6% During a Pandemic?
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"Early on in the pandemic lockdowns, I got a call from a friend in Texas. He reported that local hospitals were furloughing nurses, and the parking lot was completely... Read more.
Is this the Final Corruption of Liberalism?
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The Achilles heel of contemporary liberalism has always been its attitude toward free economies. 55% of liberals embrace a misrepresented definition of capitalism... Read more.
The Day Anthony Fauci Rejected Excellent Advice
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The letter was sent March 14, 2020, a Saturday, and the day after the HHS privately released what amounted to a lockdown order from the federal government. The Trump... Read more.
Lock Down Policies Reflect Ruling-Class Privilege
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"There’s nothing particularly wrong per se in the impulse for pathogen avoidance, unless it becomes baked into the social system and becomes an excuse for segregation... Read more.