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Category Archives: Covid
The Plandemic
I don’t hold any major conspiratorial views on the Covid pandemic. In fact, I believe that our elites (including in politics, public health, finance, etc) did a better than expected job with regard to Covid, even though they made mistakes. … Continue reading
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What Public Health Was Doing Before COVID Came
Before COVID arrived, American public health elites had largely remade their field in their own image. The transformation was not secret or subtle. You could read it in journal priorities, accreditation standards, and the speeches of deans. The field had … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle to Claim Expertise in America
No one says they want to be an expert because it gives them power. They say they follow the evidence, protect the public, or translate complexity for those who cannot navigate it alone. That is the move. Expertise is a … Continue reading
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I Love Vaccines But How Much Do They Help Against Covid?
I love the vaccines approved for use in America, but I love truth even more. So how much of a difference do covid vaccines and boosters make with death and hospitalization rates? I did not get a flu shot and … Continue reading
In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us
Compact magazine posts: “Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee’s In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us offers the first comprehensive account of how liberal governance failed the Covid test. Eminent academics who describe themselves as progressives, Macedo and Lee contend … Continue reading
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Why Does The Right Love Terrain Theory?
The right loves the idea that through our own agency, we can develop our resistance to disease. This is an amazing document, sort of obscurely hidden in @CityJournal given its importance: @DrJBhattacharya going all in on terrain theory, the belief … Continue reading
In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us by Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee
Grok says: In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us by Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee, both Princeton political scientists, is a provocative examination of the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on political and institutional failures. The book … Continue reading
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Why Did Many Conservatives Rebel Against Covid Lockdowns & Vaccines?
I believe that the people in charge of the United States did a better than average job with the challenge of covid. I believe our primary response to them should be gratitude though I understand the evolved human response to … Continue reading
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Richard Hanania Is A Troll
According to Wikipedia: Richard Hanania is an American political science researcher and right-wing political commentator. Hanania is the founder and president of the think tank Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI). Between 2008 and the early 2010s … Continue reading
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Vaccine Mandates
I was usually ambivalent about government directed Covid vaccine mandates. I didn’t support them but the topic made me uncomfortable. I am pro-vaccine and pro freedom. I think our elites (including political and public health elites) did a better than … Continue reading