By Kevin Roche Not much research, I am in the rare position of being largely caught up. So maybe a little recapitulation of the epidemic, which has gone on for over a year in this country. First a quick…
Corona-Recapitulation
Tag: epidemic
God, I hope this epidemic ends soon, but in the meantime…..
By Kevin Roche Another big picture, what have we learned, summarization. And let us start with an interview in which charter member of the Axis of Evil, Andy Slavitt, now advising our president on CV-19 matters, which seems appropriate, when…
Media bias and hysteria is absolutely real
By Kevin Roche Lest you think the media isn’t determined to create as much hysteria as it can and turn a blind eye to developments in one state while praising another, even though the outcomes are the same, look at…
‘Following the science’? In a free society, Roy Cooper’s severe restrictions require strong justification
By Jon Guze Raleigh, NC – Notwithstanding Gov. Roy Cooper’s claim to be “following the science,” my colleagues at the John Locke Foundation have repeatedly shown that there’s precious little in the way of scientific support for the various lockdown…
Hospital lengths of stays have dropped substantially for CV-19
By Kevin Roche Since the start of the epidemic, concerns about overwhelming hospitals have been a primary justification for all the measures taken to reduce case spread. The background is that hospitals in the United States run at very high…
Step back, take a breath, think about the big picture
By Kevin Roche That is my advice to myself every day. Take all the cumulative research and data, distill it down to the important points and analyze in a rational and logical manner what it is telling us. Apparently to…
A little late night rambling about the epidemic
By Kevin Roche The human toll of this epidemic has been enormous, but it hasn’t been the virus and the disease ensues from infection that has caused the most harm, it is the self-inflicted global wound of lockdowns and other…
Schools and our children
By Kevin Roche Nothing about the handling of this epidemic angers me more than the treatment of our children. What we are doing to these young people is unconscionable and I literally want officials held accountable. We are depriving them…
How about this for COVID-19 death reporting
By Kevin Roche If you want to see a better way to report COVID-19 deaths, look at this from Oregon. Thanks to a reader who sent this to me. Now, I must note and I believe this reader will confirm,…
The epidemic was front-loaded everywhere
By Kevin Roche This is a cool chart, courtesy of a Twitter user. Kind of a mirror image look. Shows what is going on in Spain, which like several European countries has seen cases rising again. Deaths on the bottom,…