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A Vaccine Is Coming

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…and it will work.

But not in time to prevent everything that’s happening right now.

Also, a cure is in the works, but again, not soon enough to prevent all the economic destruction.

Faster, please.

[Update a few minutes later]

Did the virus originate in a Chinese lab, and why is it crazy to ask?

I don’t think it is, which is not to say that I (yet) believe it did.

[Update a while later]

Ignoring the rant at the end, I wonder if this is for real?

https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/dr-rowen-ozone-reverses-critically-ill-covid-patients-in-china-and-very-rapidly/

I take it somewhat seriously because Patricia had it done to prepare her for a surgery a few months ago, and it did seem to help. It only costs a hundred bucks or so (she paid out of pocket), but I don’t know how capable we are of ramping it up.

[Update late morning]

How permanent will the changes to the healthcare industry be?

Some of the regulatory relief should certainly remain. I expect to see a lot more telemedicine, which is all to the good.

[Bumped from earlier]

[Afternoon update]

A new flu inhibitor? Unfortunately, while promising, it too won’t help with the current crisis.

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Free-Market Health Care

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How would it respond to the virus?

It’s been many decades since there’s been anything resembling a free market in this country’s health care, other than things like Lasik.

[Update a few minutes later]

Speaking of (lack of) free markets, restaurants in Los Angeles are being shut down for selling groceries without a license.

Government seems determined to put business out of business.

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The California Herd

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Virus thoughts from VDH. I don’t buy the 1-2% number. I think it will ultimately be shown to be much lower than that.

[Update a few minutes later]

More from VDH: Viral Prerequisites and Nationalist Lessons in Time of Plague.

[Update late morning]

Why herd immunity is not a solution, at least not without a vaccine.

I agree on principle, but I continue to believe that the ratio of infections to deaths is much less than one percent.

[Update a few minutes later]

Time for a second opinion.

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Regulatory Relief

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…can save lives.

A lot of regulations are merely special-interest rent seeking.

[Late-morning update]

Trump is rolling back fuel-efficiency standards.

He should eliminate them, if possible, but that would probably require legislation. They are an idiotic relic of the energy crisis, almost half a century ago. In my opinion, they’re unconstitutional, or should be. Same with toilet specifications.