"The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave." Alexis de Toqueville
Thursday, April 30, 2020
The End of METOO?
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
What's Phase 2?
One benefit is we are buying time to develop an effective vaccine or treatment. But should we be confident such a reprieve is coming any time soon? The number of times humankind has created an effective vaccine against any coronavirus currently stands at zero. While some antiviral treatments have shown promise, hopes that a “magic bullet” treatment is soon forthcoming are exactly that — hopes.
A second benefit is that “flattening the curve” through a prolonged shutdown can change the fraction of us who will eventually get this disease even without a vaccine. But this effect is smaller than one might guess.
Absent a vaccine, the epidemiology models governments currently use predict that unless we take extreme mitigation measures forever, at least 60 to 70% of us will eventually get this disease. Long-term shutdowns can change how high a fraction above this 60 to 70% eventually get infected, but not the fact that the majority of us will get infected.
https://www.startribune.com/a-month-into-mass-quarantine-what-now/569933882/?refresh=true
Tough Minded Thinking about COVID
COVID Selection for Today
I can't normally make it through the first paragraph of Friedman's stuff, and then this:
"But when you’re in a struggle with one of Mother Nature’s challenges — like a virus or a climate change — the goal is not to defeat her. No one can. She’s just chemistry, biology and physics. The goal is to adapt.
Mother Nature does not reward the strongest or the smartest. She rewards the species that are the most adaptive in evolving the chemistry, biology and physics that she has endowed them with to thrive — no matter what she throws at them.
Here’s the stone-cold truth: There are only different hellish ways to adapt to a pandemic and save both lives and livelihoods. I raise Sweden not because I think it has found the magic balance — it is way too soon to tell — but because I think we should be debating all the different ways and costs of acquiring immunity."
Sunday, April 19, 2020
CFH Another Display of Govt Abuse
A Great Review
Another review of the subtleties of the constitution.
That's My Story and I'm Sticking To It
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/18/tucker_carlson_blame_america_or_china_china_is_waging_a_coronavirus_distraction_campaign.html
When the truth is a lie! This is going to be like JFK's murder, massive speculation, fear and blaming and maybe no one will ever know for sure. I'm reasonably certain that JFK was killed by a commie ex-marine with a $12 mail order rifle. But who knows, there were lots of folks with lots of reasons to kill that guy.
Saturday, April 18, 2020
The People Who Dare To Speak Truth To Power
https://www.realclearbooks.com/articles/2020/04/15/charles_murrays_real_talk_on_biological_differences_489205.html
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Dirty From Any Angle
They say the opposition party unlawfully used the power of the state to oppose a political opponent. There's more evidence to support that position than the other, but that doesn't the current president was clean or will stay clean.
Either way, the political establishment benefits when they force us to pick a side in self defense, no matter how repugnant.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/its-official-every-aspect-of-crossfire-hurricane-was-shady/
Sunday, April 5, 2020
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/04/stop-panic-dont-let-coronavirus-win-the-pandemic-column/2942268001/
Saturday, April 4, 2020
The Numbers Amaze ...
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2020/04/01/the_pentagons_biggest_enemy_isnt_china_or_russia_115167.html
The part that is hard to factor in is that US decisions are based on limited losses of combatants, whilst our enemies look at combatants as assets to be used an lost in the fight to retain or grow the power of the government. The US will spend more to get the same capacity with greater survivability.
The Vaccine or Vaccines Will Work, and How SARS Cov 2 Hurts Us
https://www.city-journal.org/coronavirus-vaccine