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"Please, if you are a journalist reporting on these matters and can’t understand “flatten the curve” as a multivariate proposition, leave the profession. You are what economists call a 'negative marginal product' employee. Your nonparticipation would add value.
Your participation subtracts it." @HolmanJenkins in a must-read @WSJ column: wsj.com/articles/the-m…
"Let’s apply this to the U.S. Americans took steps to counter the 1957 and 1968 novel flu pandemics but nothing like indiscriminate lockdowns." 3
"Adjusted for today’s U.S. population (never mind our older average age), 1957’s killed the equivalent of 230,000 Americans today and 1968’s 165,000. So far, Covid has killed 57,000." 4
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The most interesting and ominous thing AG Barr said this AM:
“HH: You have mentioned we’re in an era of hyper-partisanship, and we watch every night as the press duels. 1
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