72% Of Americans Now Avoiding All Public Places: Gallup Poll
87% are avoiding all air and other travel involving crowded transit venues
Author: Kit Daniels
US facing TWO EPIDEMICS: Covid-19 & soaring joblessness
Joblessness is becoming a kind of second epidemic, growing and spreading even more rapidly than Covid-19
This scientist suggested a drug to treat Covid-19. ‘Fact checkers’ branded him fake news
But we’re supposed to blindly trust apocalyptic models produced by panic-mongering political hacks
Fear Makes It Easy for Governments to Expand Power
With every new wave of fear, governments become bolder
The Government’s Pandemic Strategy Is a Reckless One
It’s time to stop pretending that the policies favored by some biologists—who know nothing about how economies work to lessen the health effects of poverty—come without grave costs to public health
More Than Half of All US COVID-19 Deaths Occur in Only Four States
The effects of COVID-19 are not evenly distributed in the United States. Only certain regions are facing sizable strains on their resources
Politicians Have Used This Crisis to Remind Us They’re Mostly Wannabe Dictators
From small towns to Capitol Hill, politicians are using every opportunity to void the Bill of Rights and abolish all limits on their power
Italy’s coronavirus death toll DIPS to 683 in one day, rising above 7,500 in total
Good news is finally coming to light
Stocks Roar, Dow Up 1,000 After More Clarity Emerges On Buyback Ban
Better bailout than in 2008, relatively speaking
Revisiting Decades-Old Voyager 2 Data, Scientists Find One More Secret
Little known at the time of Voyager 2’s flyby, plasmoids have since become recognized as an important way planets lose mass
Decadent like the late Roman Empire, the West is committing suicide through its irrational response to Covid-19
It’s almost certain that the impact of the shutdowns will be a recession comparable to the Great Depression
The US’s COVID-19 Death Rate Is Far Below the Rates in Italy and Spain
Contrary to a recent headline, the US is not about to become the “epicenter” of COVID-19. In fact, the death rate of COVID-19 is lower in the US than at the same point in the timeline for many other countries we are told are comparable to the US
The End of Civilization?
Even if the COVOID-19 virus turns out to be more severe than the skeptics give us reason to think it is, we can get through it. We cannot survive the end of the division of labor. It would be the finish of civilization as we know it
The “Experts” Have No Crystal Ball
The 2016 election was an important reminder that most experts were totally wrong in their predictions of what would happen. Now the experts are claiming that freedom and markets must be abandoned based on new guesses about the future.
The State Has Seized Many New Powers. It Won’t Let Go of Them Easily.
The state has used this virus scare to demand that politicians and bureaucrats be given near-total control over every aspect of life, including virtually every business and employer in America. Will this now be a permanent feature of American life?