Prepare for Tendentious Covid ‘Lessons’ Ignore those pitching progressive politics in favor of those still open to learning from the virus.

Wall Street Journal ^ | August 14, 2020 | Holman W. Jenkins

[karpov]

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Sadly, many reporters covering the Covid story are weighed down with a single-variable mentality. This does not improve the quality of our policy discussion. Any goal other than zero transmission, no matter the cost, earns their condemnation.

Which makes this an interesting moment for a New Zealand update. The South Pacific country has exploited its unique wealth and isolation to try to eliminate the virus completely. Just days ago business leaders in Auckland were so sure of success that they called on the government to open new quarantine hotels to accommodate an expected flood of foreign businesses seeking refuge from “recurrent lockdowns” in their home countries.

Then Auckland locked itself down over a mere four cases of unknown origin.

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In the U.S., reporters have thrown over the traditional understanding that a disease that kills the young is more socially costly than one that kills the old. But human behavior still recognizes this reality. From Berlin to the South of France to Alpine, N.J., the young are now the chief dissenters from social distancing. The trade-off they face is everything that makes life interesting, the experiences and relationships that will secure their future, vs. a disease that, in most cases, may not be worse than the flu.

In the U.S., we delude ourselves if we think riots, protests and rising crime are unconnected to school closures and the destruction of many small service businesses. (The politicians bending over backward to avoid more lockdowns are not so deluded.) Asking humans to stop behaving like humans is not a sustainable strategy over the time period required for coping with the coronavirus. We need a better understanding to deal with our current crisis, let alone future pandemics.

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[ExTexasRedhead]

Please help spread this info about toxic Gavin Newsom the Marxist RAT governator/dictator in CA. He’s been lying about the virus since the beginning. We must get him recalled! Even if you don’t live in CA, please forward and post viral. This brave man is one of the few in office fighting Newsom. Make Piglosi’s newphew, Gavin Newsom, the first RAT POS recalled and thrown out of office for his crimes against the people of CA.

Here are some of his recent posts. He is going after Gavin “with both barrels ablaze” !!

https://blog.electkevinkiley.com/13-questions-for-gavin-newsom/

https://blog.electkevinkiley.com/newsom-must-appear-before-the-legislature/

This one came out last week, just before BIden chose Kamal Harris for his running mate. VERY INTERESTING...

https://blog.electkevinkiley.com/yes-newsom-could-make-himself-a-u-s-senator/

[FamiliarFace]

Interesting opinion piece. Thanks again for linking to a full article.

***Sadly, many reporters covering the Covid story are weighed down with a single-variable mentality. This does not improve the quality of our policy discussion. Any goal other than zero transmission, no matter the cost, earns their condemnation.***

Yes, and when this CoVid19 news is gone from the airwaves on November 4th, it will be replaced with non-stop flu fear, and more mask mandates. Then when it’s not the flu, it will be something new to be afraid of.

Never let a crisis go to waste, and if there isn’t a crisis, by all means, make one up. Thanks, Democrats!