Crisis
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“Don’t Destroy People’s Lives and Livelihoods,” says Dr. David L. Katz
I am quite pleased that we get to hear from this very accomplished doctor on the April 24, 2020 show Real Time with Bill Maher.Here are some excerpts in which he elaborates on the need for protecting the vulnerable, getting the economy open, being healthy, and helping society develop community immunity.
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Where Are the Reopening Experiments?
Again, I think that most places could re-open now, and indeed should never have shut down in the first place, but if politicians insist on taking the cautious approach, they should at least have to provide some empirical evidence that re-opening would lead to a spike in deaths. The only way to do that is…
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After the Virus, Universities Will Survive
Attracting students to a bricks-and-mortar campus requires a mix, or bundle, of services that cannot be easily replicated, even piecemeal, and which nowhere are available as a bundle with such convenience.
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“I’ve Lost Faith in Humanity”: The Psychological Toll of the Lockdown
I asked people on my Twitter feed to tell their stories. My inbox has been flooded with an outpouring of desperate sadness, rage, shock, and horror. I can only share some with you here. I’m changing any details that might violate their privacy rights.
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Urgent Appeal to Governors: Lift Restrictions Now
Healthy people have been paralyzed in fear by the media and your health advisers to the point of great distrust and hysteria. Every citizen is now considered a suspect who may carry the virus, and even family members don’t trust one other. In calmer times, this may be referred to as (state-sponsored) paranoia.
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Some Questions that Must Be Answered Before Adopting a Policy of Medical-Supply Self-Sufficiency
It’s very easy to declare that ‘we should be self-sufficient in medical supplies,’ but it’s not at all easy to define just what this declaration means or to grasp all that it entails.
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The Conquest of America by Communist China
We are all Chinese communists now, with almost no, de facto, real and meaningful autonomy and discretion over our own lives and our ways of earning a living. We are pawns on a society-wide chess board, who are told what to do and where to stand and if anything goes wrong, we are the first…
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A Public Choice Warning About Media
Don’t expect the media to be a watchdog for accountability in its current manifestation, but instead be your own watchdog by learning to critically question the concepts and facts presented.
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Open Up Society Now, Say Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi
In the course of their press conference, they addressed the question of whether or not California should have shut down much of its economy. Their answer is no. They conclude with the need to open up immediately, on grounds of health and human rights.
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We Can’t Trust Governments to Manage a Pandemic
It is unconscionable—indeed, criminally irresponsible—to predicate policies as extreme and draconian as these lockdowns on such poor models and incomplete data—particularly when the very first serious seroprevalence survey we have in the country explodes the foundation of these policies.
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“Don’t Destroy People’s Lives and Livelihoods,” says Dr. David L. Katz
I am quite pleased that we get to hear from this very accomplished doctor on the April 24, 2020 show Real Time with Bill Maher.Here are some excerpts in which he elaborates on the need for protecting the vulnerable, getting the economy open, being healthy, and helping society develop community immunity.
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Where Are the Reopening Experiments?
Again, I think that most places could re-open now, and indeed should never have shut down in the first place, but if politicians insist on taking the cautious approach, they should at least have to provide some empirical evidence that re-opening would lead to a spike in deaths. The only way to do that is…
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After the Virus, Universities Will Survive
Attracting students to a bricks-and-mortar campus requires a mix, or bundle, of services that cannot be easily replicated, even piecemeal, and which nowhere are available as a bundle with such convenience.
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“I’ve Lost Faith in Humanity”: The Psychological Toll of the Lockdown
I asked people on my Twitter feed to tell their stories. My inbox has been flooded with an outpouring of desperate sadness, rage, shock, and horror. I can only share some with you here. I’m changing any details that might violate their privacy rights.
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Urgent Appeal to Governors: Lift Restrictions Now
Healthy people have been paralyzed in fear by the media and your health advisers to the point of great distrust and hysteria. Every citizen is now considered a suspect who may carry the virus, and even family members don’t trust one other. In calmer times, this may be referred to as (state-sponsored) paranoia.
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Some Questions that Must Be Answered Before Adopting a Policy of Medical-Supply Self-Sufficiency
It’s very easy to declare that ‘we should be self-sufficient in medical supplies,’ but it’s not at all easy to define just what this declaration means or to grasp all that it entails.
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The Conquest of America by Communist China
We are all Chinese communists now, with almost no, de facto, real and meaningful autonomy and discretion over our own lives and our ways of earning a living. We are pawns on a society-wide chess board, who are told what to do and where to stand and if anything goes wrong, we are the first…
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A Public Choice Warning About Media
Don’t expect the media to be a watchdog for accountability in its current manifestation, but instead be your own watchdog by learning to critically question the concepts and facts presented.
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Open Up Society Now, Say Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi
In the course of their press conference, they addressed the question of whether or not California should have shut down much of its economy. Their answer is no. They conclude with the need to open up immediately, on grounds of health and human rights.
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We Can’t Trust Governments to Manage a Pandemic
It is unconscionable—indeed, criminally irresponsible—to predicate policies as extreme and draconian as these lockdowns on such poor models and incomplete data—particularly when the very first serious seroprevalence survey we have in the country explodes the foundation of these policies.