Now that it's DC/NYC media and political circles catching covid, Team Blue is finally admitting that there's not really anything we can do (about cases). (Of course, when perception was it was all red state deplorables catching it, that was due to lack of caution.)
You should take whatever precautions you want, and you should get vaccinated and (probably, eventually) boosted so that when you get sick it's mild. But you should not labor under any delusion that through your actions—your righteousness—you can stop yourself from catching covid.
The original strain was a somewhat different story; we are now dealing with an *extremely* infectious disease that is (thank goodness) mild for nearly all young, healthy, and vaccinated people who get it, with protection unfortunately slipping for the elderly (even if vaxxed).
Immediately firing Emma Sarley was a big mistake for two reasons, 1) Video footage is unclear and often misleading, 2) Frederick Joseph is actually a known fabulist, previously involved in an Airbnb hoax involving Satanism. Yes. Let me explain. reason.com/2021/09/27/fre…
Kudos to my colleague @lizzywol for pointing this out.
The story is that Joseph previously tried to claim the property owner at the Airbnb he rented was conducting Satanist rituals, possibly sacrifices, and he was unsafe as a black man, and deserved a refund.
Okay, this is kind of important. The problem with AOC and the met gala wasn't the eat-the-rich dress, it's that the ruling class does not have to obey the pandemic restrictions they've forced on everyone else! reason.com/2021/09/15/met…
I understand that AOC can party with the wealthy while simultaneously advocating for higher taxes. Fine. But why does she get to do it maskless? No one else is allowed this privilege.
She said she is supporting keeping the museum open to the public. But when the public visits the museum, they are required to mask up and socially distance. 2-year-olds have to do this, AOC, Billie Eilish and Timothe Chalamet do not.
A local news channel wrote a story saying ivermectin overdoses were straining Oklahoma hospitals, and then Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and others re-wrote it with no additional reporting. It was substantially wrong. Here's what happened.
This has to be one of the most irresponsible New York Times articles in the paper's history. It casts doubt on booster shots, quoting an epidemiologist who says wearing masks forever is a better health intervention. reason.com/2021/08/18/cov…
Apoorva Mandavilli's pandemic articles have been among the most fear-driven and pro-restriction coverage anywhere in the media. Here she quotes an epidemiologist saying that there's not a huge need for booster shots, because why not just wear masks and avoid social gatherings?
This is ludicrous. Most normal people who are not NYT reporters or epidemiologists actually like to see faces and go to the bar! Getting a a shot once or twice a year is easier than eschewing basic human contact indefinitely.
Biden wants to get rid of Section 230 in order to force Facebook to censor more covid "misinformation." I hope this FINALLY disabuses Republicans of the notion that scrapping Section 230 would be good for conservative speech online. reason.com/2021/07/20/fac…
I have been saying this forever. Conservatives are basically like