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What We, the People, Learned, Thanks to Coronavirus
American Thinker ^ | April 9, 2020 | Gary Gindler

Posted on 04/09/2020 3:11:24 PM PDT by WWII_Historian

What have we learned from coronavirus?

We learned that walls work.

We learned that the open borders idée fixe has tumbled on both sides of the Atlantic in just about a month or so, besides the fact that the run-up to the destructive open borders strategy had been going on for decades.

We learned that we are facing digital Easter, digital Passover, digital this, and digital that everywhere. Surprisingly, all of this because of the number of infected in the United States has reached "catastrophic" 0.1% of the entire population. (For comparison, seasonal flu affects about 20% or more of the population.)

We learned that much of the internal workings of our society are hidden. For example, doctors were not allowed to prescribe an anti-malarial drug to treat coronavirus patients until the FDA approved. It certainly looks as though our doctors were one of the first to lose their freedom to the FDA, who has been methodically strangling medical innovation in America for decades.

We learned that our doctors are mostly order-takers now. They are told by an army of unelected and uneducated bureaucrats what they are allowed to prescribe to their patients. Our doctors are no longer able to prescribe medicines that actually treat illnesses – only the medications permitted.

We learned that CDC statistics do not distinguish between patients who happen to die while having the coronavirus and those who die from the disease.

We learned that some judge in Hawaii is about to rule that the 2-to-1 coronavirus death ratio between men and women is sexist and unconstitutional.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


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1 posted on 04/09/2020 3:11:24 PM PDT by WWII_Historian
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To: WWII_Historian

Those of us who are smart learned that the Chinese represent an existential threat via bioweapons. We just accidentally got hit with a weak one.


2 posted on 04/09/2020 3:17:46 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: WWII_Historian
Most folks learned how to bend over and kiss their butts goodbye 'cause their world was over.

The rest of us just kept on, keeping on...


3 posted on 04/09/2020 3:18:35 PM PDT by moovova (Shouldn't it be called "anti-social distancing"?)
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To: WWII_Historian

Thanks for posting a great oped.

One of the few, that I would suggest, that we read all it for reality and humor.


4 posted on 04/09/2020 3:18:44 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Evolution works! Can not stand the heat! Get off the planet! Gorebull Warming weeding out the weak!)
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5 posted on 04/09/2020 3:23:52 PM PDT by DannyTN
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6 posted on 04/09/2020 3:25:46 PM PDT by DannyTN
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I hope we learn (because I can’t see that the lesson has yet been learned) that a more target-specific response that is more agile than whacking the entire economy on the head with a mallet would make sense, more value for the money spent and probably a need for a lot less total spent too.

Instead of this society-wide lockdown, what if large scale resources were directed at the care home sector where so many of the people dying from the virus are (predictably) located?

Given how much money is flying out the door towards emergency welfare benefits for millions and millions of people, if 10% of that had been spent instead on comprehensive support for the epicentre locations, then a lot of needless suffering and disruption would have been avoided and perhaps the death toll would actually be lower since those most at risk would be the direct target of the response.


7 posted on 04/09/2020 3:31:49 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Pray for health, economic recovery, and justice.)
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To: WWII_Historian

We learned that we can be lied to over and over by the bureaucracy in Washington nad too many sheeple will buy into it wholly. We also learned that the last thing on earth to believe would be the media.

We also learned that the deep state would kill the economy of America just to get rid of our President Donald J. Trump.


8 posted on 04/09/2020 3:41:18 PM PDT by JayAr36 (The worthless dispicable party must be destroyed)
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9 posted on 04/09/2020 3:52:50 PM PDT by sbnsd
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10 posted on 04/09/2020 3:53:05 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Crucial

Perhaps unintentionally would be a better word.

I learned that I need to do much better at prepping that I was.


11 posted on 04/09/2020 4:01:01 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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12 posted on 04/09/2020 4:01:17 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

That’s a good list.


13 posted on 04/09/2020 4:02:28 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: WWII_Historian
"What have we learned from coronavirus?"

That the chicoms learned a key strategic lesson from the jap attack on Pearl Harbor...

What the city of Troy learned about wooden horses...

For a successful attack against a superior force, the sneakiness has to be maximized...

14 posted on 04/09/2020 4:05:26 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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We learned that the President had correct instincts about HCQ + azithomycin cure, but neglected to mention the zinc part.

We are learning news media and Democrats would rather see Americans dead than admit Trump was right.

We learned you cannot trust your doctor or governor to have or use the most current information and that you’ve got to dig it out yourself.

15 posted on 04/09/2020 4:11:57 PM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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16 posted on 04/09/2020 4:18:16 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: OriginalChristian

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17 posted on 04/09/2020 5:07:08 PM PDT by OriginalChristian (The end of America, as founded, began when the first Career Politician was elected...)
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To: WWII_Historian

Who said : Good fences make good neighbors?


18 posted on 04/09/2020 5:38:55 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: WWII_Historian

Who said : Good fences make good neighbors?


19 posted on 04/09/2020 5:38:56 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: metmom

Right, unintentionally is a better word for it. The Chicoms are no joke and should not be treated as such. Too much power in the hands of too few.


20 posted on 04/09/2020 5:45:30 PM PDT by Crucial
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