What was that rate, CDC, what was that rate?

To the tune of the Lynyrd Skynyrd song, "What Was Your Name?"

In other words, while the CDC reports 2.34 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus, the actual number of infected and recovered people may be closer to 50 million. (CDC Director Robert Redfield told journalists Thursday that the number of cases may be 10 times higher than the earlier 2.34 million.)

Thus, the death rate, which would be 5.2 percent based on that 2.34 million figure, is actually more like one-20th as high — or 0.26 percent.

https://nypost.com/2020/06/25/getting-realistic-about-the-coronavirus-death-rate/

On Sunday a major positive milestone was reached for the first time, coronavirus deaths declined by 90% in this country from the high set on April 21st. That’s an incredibly positive story about our national battle with the virus. Yet, shockingly, it has received almost no media attention. (UPDATE: On Monday deaths were also down 90% from the April 21st peak, meaning there were two straight days this occurred, again, with almost zero media coverage).

That’s indefensible because this is not complicated data to track down. You can see it yourself on this chart here, on April 21st 2,693 people died of the coronavirus. Yesterday 267 died. Putting that number into perspective, an average of 7200 people died on Sunday of something other than the coronavirus and those deaths received almost no media attention at all.

https://outkick.com/media-ignores-90-coronavirus-death-collapse-in-country/

Politicians: Look but don't touch

Yes, let the energy markets ride it out.

https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2020/06/25/get_ready_for_an_american_energy_comeback_497300.html

26 Million Cases

CDC estimates, worth what you paid for them, say 10% of us had the Wuhan Chinese Corona COVID19 disease, most which didn't know it. 

Given that over and over again it has been shown that we don't know Jack Shit about this thing, a little humility would be in order by all parties. 

https://outkick.com/cdc-now-estimates-there-have-been-over-20-million-coronavirus-cases/

Not Enough To Meet Demand

Racism demand exceeds the supply - a great read all the way through including how many noose hoaxes there have been in the last nine years, how the term "racist" has morphed into a do-it-all "I don't like you because you won't validate what I'm saying" term, and how every other ethnic demographic, including those with black skin not born in the USA, "exceeds" the success of whites. 

I am in complete sympathy for the experience of black americans and wish a better experience for each american. Truth still matters. 

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/06/25/nolte-lefts-demand-racism-exceeds-supply/

Prosperity Means Choices

I don't know if this will be a good idea or bad. I do know that absent excessive wealth - far more than the minimum - no one will have time or the inclination to explore these types of options. 

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/22/1004218/how-green-sand-could-capture-billions-of-tons-of-carbon-dioxide/?itm_source=parsely-api

Safety Makes Us Safer (from the police)?

"The story only changed when a few criminologists, led by the Manhattan Institute’s George Kelling, and visionary police leaders, like William J. Bratton, began to advocate for community-based policing, including enforcement of quality-of-life offenses, and the deployment of more sophisticated data to target crime hot spots, to bring order back to urban neighborhoods. After Bratton became New York’s police chief under Republican mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 1994, crime started to fall dramatically—including violent felonies, which fell by 70 percent. 

"As crime declined, so did some key indicators of police misconduct. The New York Police Department keeps extensive records on how often officers fire their guns, and the numbers tell a powerful story. In 1991, at the peak of the city’s crime wave under Mayor David Dinkins, officers discharged their guns 307 times. Ten years ago, in a much safer city, police fired their guns fewer than 100 times—and last year, they did so just 52 times, representing a greater than 80 percent decline from 1991."

https://www.city-journal.org/democrats-police-reform

The Yang of the Yin the Police Provide

A hard damned read, but a must read. 

https://www.city-journal.org/reflections-on-race-riots-and-police