There are many theories why New York has had the nation’s highest number of COVID-19 deaths, positive cases, and fatality rates per million population, writes Victor Davis Hanson reports in National Review: Perhaps the culprit is the densely populated commute corridors into New York City — or its irresponsible Mayor de Blasio. Perhaps a contributor […]
Does Social Distancing Even Work? These Numbers Call its Effectiveness into Question
A survey of New York state COVID-19 patients brings into doubt the effectiveness of social distancing, as 66% of new coronavirus hospitalizations in the survey were of people who had been sheltered at home. Zack Fink reports for NY1: Statewide there were roughly 600 new hospitalizations from the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, […]
A Letter from Upstate NY
A letter to the editors from an Upstate New York reader: NY and Cuomo are cooking the books here to get federal money to pull him out of the billions we were in the hole before this started. It’s a mess and the people of upstate are finally really pissed off at being clumped in […]
Tri-Sate Region – Highest Deaths per Million
What do New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut have in common? The three states, known as the Tri-State Region, all have Democratic governors who have imposed severe versions of lockdown on each state’s populace. What Lockdown Has Accomplished So what did these lockdowns achieve? Certainly not a death rate near the national norm. “The results […]
You Can Kiss Summer Goodbye in Newport, R.I.
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XLIII You can kiss this summer goodbye. This weekend Newport opened for business, but it’s hardly open. There were cars driving along Thames Street, but hardly the traffic you see on a typical Mother’s Day. Most of the cars were just driving with no intent on stopping. The two restaurants […]
President Trump Acts to Protect Americans from COVID-19
The President has issued these COVID-19-related proclamations to limit travel to the United States. China Travel Proclamation. January 31, 2020 – Proclamation 9984 of January 31, 2020, published at 85 FR 6709, titled Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus. The proclamation cites INA […]
Massachusetts One of My “Deadly Four” Coronavirus States
Howie Carr tells readers about Coronavirus numbers in Mass: Look at the Friday numbers. The average age of the dead remains 82. Among those over 80, the death rate per 100,000 is 1,009. For those in their 70s the rate is 224; for those in their 60s, 56. And so on — it’s all right […]
Chicago Mayor Takes Personal Grooming Seriously
This week, Dick and I drove from our home in Key West to Naples, Florida, for a coronavirus-postponed procedure on my knee, now that elective surgery is a go again in southern Florida. Key West is home to eccentrics, artists, writers, small-town pirates – generally an independent bunch – so we’ve found it pretty incredible […]
Do Governors Have the Right to Make and Enforce Laws?
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: XLI You might want to take a few minutes to contemplate your rights. How can governors go wild without checks and balances? There’s a reason states are governed by three branches, not one governor wielding a big stick. Has there ever been a more important time to consider the balance of […]
The 100 Steps German Factories Took to Fight Coronavirus
In The Wall Street Journal Tom Fairless writes: Throughout the six-week national lockdown that now is gradually being lifted, the family-owned company kept its domestic factories running at 80% of normal capacity, said Chief Executive Officer Stefan Brandl. Social distancing, ubiquitous face masks, in-house Covid-19 tests and contact-tracing when employees fell ill helped the company keep […]
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