Category Archives: Health
Xi Jinping
Did he deliberately sicken the world?
I wouldn’t put it past him.
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World turns to China to come clean.
No, I won’t be holding my breath, either.
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How China corrupted the WHO response to the virus.
[Afternoon update]
Heh. Wuhan lab changes sign to “0 Days Since Accidentally Releasing A Virus.”
The Tyrannical States
Bob Zimmerman is not happy (to put it mildly).
Legally, it’s not really martial law, which is when the military literally takes over, but it’s certainly multiple violations of the Bill of Rights.
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One way to improve the lockdown; stop being hypocritical tyrants.
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South Dakota has a governor who is behaving responsibly, so the WaPo decided to smear her, because she’s (you know) a Republican.
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No, Raleigh police, protesting is in fact not a “non-essential activity.”
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Note the comment at Bob Zimmerman’s post about the New Jersey dance instructor teaching on line alone in her studio, who was ordered to stop by the police, because she was “working.” Apparently, the state wants to make it illegal to earn a living, regardless of risk level.
Not Love In The Time Of Cholera
No, it’s porn in the time of the coronavirus.
Yes, this is my shocked face, too.
Testing
…is coming to your doctor’s office, or even your home.
We have suffered the most from lack of knowledge of who has it, or has had it. We won’t be able to get back to anything resembling pre-virus normal until we can do extensive testing.
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This would help a lot, too: Searching for a cure from the blood of survivors.
Liberal-Arts Degrees
…renamed “Non-Essential-Worker degrees.”
If colleges owe students refunds, it’s not because of the pandemic; it’s because they’ve abandoned their role as places of learning.
Trust The “Experts”
Public health authorities have failed us at every level, and the powerful people who were catastrophically wrong about China.
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The long hard road to decoupling from China. We cannot have globalization with countries that do not share our values of liberty and individualism. But we should more strongly embrace the China that works: Taiwan.
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A bipartisan call for WHO to make Taiwan a member. That of course begs the question that WHO is an organization even worthy of our funding.
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The massive failure of the federal government in the pandemic argues against Medicare for all.
Social Impact
The virus is going to redefine home, work, education, and life.
Food Shortages Soon?
I’ve been concerned about this for a while. It shows how fragile our infrastructure is. And it’s why proposals like Zeke Emanuel’s to continue it for over a year is societal suicide.
[Update]
Related: The coronavirus is revealing our technology blunders.
Most U.S. Jobs
You don’t say.
But I’ll bet a lot more of them can than have been until this.