By Jon Sanders Raleigh, NC – “You don’t have to wear that if you don’t want to.” A look of palpable relief crossed the plumber’s face. He had come to our house to replace our dishwasher. Before knocking on our…
Mr. Employer, tear down these masks
Tag: lockdowns
Our sky was never falling
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – From July 2020 to July 2021, there was a net inflow of 637,729 Americans into these top-five destination states: Florida, Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, and South Carolina. During the same period, there was a…
Lockdowns and suppressions: COVID-19 continues to disrupt government, jobs, lives
By Jeff Moore Raleigh, NC – When the calendar flipped from 2020 to 2021, some breathed a sigh of relief. The advent of COVID-19 and the associated pandemic policies were a whirlwind of emergency measures that threw the state, nation,…
Lockdowns don’t work, period!!!!!
By Kevin Roche Be interesting to see if we learn anything about how to deal with future epidemics from the disastrous response to this one. The research is very clear that lockdowns, for example, which were never used before, did…
Age-adjusted COVID-19 deaths, updated
By Kevin Roche This chart, courtesy Phil Kerpen on Twitter, is useful for a number of purposes. It age-adjusts deaths in the states. One very interesting thing is notice the states clustered in the far north on each coast. Some…
New lawsuit aims to terminate Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 emergency powers
By Donna King Raleigh, NC – A new lawsuit filed Friday, May 7, in Carteret County would end Gov. Roy Cooper’s ability to issue executive orders linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. The suit contends that Cooper has lost his authority…
We won’t get there: Roy Cooper’s vaccine mandates are ‘shockingly silly’
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – A decision by the governor and his health secretary to further ease state lockdowns only when two-thirds of adults are vaccinated is shockingly silly. I wrote that last week. It’s silly because, not only…
Roy Cooper doesn’t seem to get it, even as he vows to loosen most restrictions June 1
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – It seems Gov. Roy Cooper doesn’t get out much, meaning outside North Carolina. A quick trip to South Carolina, for instance, would show a sense of freedom unavailable — from my experience — in…
Corona-Recapitulation
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…
Roy Cooper signs measures to address effects of pandemic on students
By Carolina Journal Staff Raleigh, NC – Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday, April 9, signed two bills into law designed to help students who lost more than a year of in-person learning because of the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. House…