lewrockwell--2020-04-17--Now Imagine House Arrest

Now Imagine House Arrest

Most of the country has been sheltering in place for weeks .
At first it was kind of fun , so long as we were generally healthy .
Instead of getting up early , showering , getting dressed for work , and beginning a long commute , you could just roll out of bed , log on , and start your day .
But that got old pretty quickly .
Many of us started to feel a little stir crazy .
And as the pandemic dragged on , things got worse .
A Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll found that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health has declined during the pandemic , with 19 percent saying that the pandemic has had a “ major impact ” on their states of mind .
Covid-19 is literally making us crazy , especially if you already suffer from depression or anxiety .
So with that as background , imagine being under house arrest , or , what the government calls “ home confinement.
” Most Americans probably assume that people who are released from prison and are sent to home confinement are grateful .
They get to sit around all day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s not it at all .
When you are released from prison to home confinement , it means just what it sounds like .
You can not leave the confines of the four walls of your house .
You can ’ t go outside , even into your own yard .
You ’ re stuck , and there ’ s nothing you can do about it .
Those walls begin to close in on you .
Depression and anxiety set in or worsen .
You begin to miss prison .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right now .
The Reluctant Spy : My ... Ruby , Michael Best Price : $ 3.00 Buy New $ 11.00 In my experience , home confinement was far tougher than actual prison .
In prison , I could go out to the yard and exercise .
I could hang out with my friends , play basketball , pool , or work out in the rudimentary gym .
Not so with home confinement .
Here we live on top of each other and there ’ s nothing we can do about it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ me last night and said , “ How do you like house arrest redux ?
” He was exactly right .
This is house arrest and I don ’ t like it one bit . )
And just like recently-released prisoners , we have to worry about overzealous cops .
The son of a good friend of mine was sitting on a park bench in a park near his house in Arlington , Virginia yesterday .
There was literally nobody else in the park .
After only a few minutes , a cop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a bullhorn : “ Quarantine !
Go home !
” The cop was wrong , of course .
Virginians are allowed out to exercise and they are allowed to go to the park , so long as they don ’ t congregate .
But the kid went home .
Two hours later , this same young man went with his 8-year-old brother to a local elementary school playground to play catch with a baseball .
Within minutes , two police cars showed up with lights flashing and threatened to arrest them for “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weren ’ t breaking the law .
But they ’ re kids being threatened by cops .
So they picked up their ball and went home .
The situation is the same for recently-released prisoners .
Get caught outside and the cops show up .
Challenge them and they ’ ll make your life miserable .
This new normal weighs on all of us .
It ’ s hard to get used to .
We don ’ t like it .
Doing Time Like A Spy : ... Kiriakou , John Best Price @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think we can agree that a quarantine is a form of confinement .
Sure , we ’ ve all been thrust into it in the past couple of months against our will and without preparation .
It ’ s awful .
Why would we do it unless it was to protect our health and lives ?
Home confinement in a time where there is no public health reason to do so is cruel .
It ’ s unnecessary .
It ’ s bad for mental health .
The federal government and most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sentences , up to six months , in home confinement , like it ’ s a favor of some sort .
It ’ s not a favor .
It ’ s an attack on one ’ s mental health .
Now that we all know what it ’ s like , let ’ s do away with it .
If your sentence is so short that you can be sent home , just leave it at that .
It ’ s the humanitarian thing to do .
Doing away with home confinement is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s not going to “ release dangerous criminals into the streets.
” It ’ s showing concern for the mental health of those Americans among the most vulnerable .
The views expressed are solely those of the author and may or may not reflect those of Consortium News .
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Most of the country has been sheltering in place for weeks. At first it was kind of fun, so long as we were generally healthy. Instead of getting up early, showering, getting dressed for work, and beginning a long commute, you could just roll out of bed, log on, and start your day. But that got old pretty quickly. Many of us started to feel a little stir crazy. And as the pandemic dragged on, things got worse. A Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll found that 45 percent of adults say their mental health has declined during the pandemic, with 19 percent saying that the pandemic has had a “major impact” on their states of mind. Covid-19 is literally making us crazy, especially if you already suffer from depression or anxiety.
So with that as background, imagine being under house arrest, or, what the government calls “home confinement.” Most Americans probably assume that people who are released from prison and are sent to home confinement are grateful. They get to sit around all day and watch TV, right? But that’s not it at all. When you are released from prison to home confinement, it means just what it sounds like. You cannot leave the confines of the four walls of your house. You can’t go outside, even into your own yard. You’re stuck, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Those walls begin to close in on you. Depression and anxiety set in or worsen. You begin to miss prison. That’s exactly where we find ourselves right now. The Reluctant Spy: My ... Ruby, Michael Best Price: $3.00 Buy New $11.00 (as of 04:59 UTC - Details)
Tougher Than Prison
In my experience, home confinement was far tougher than actual prison. In prison, I could go out to the yard and exercise. I could hang out with my friends, play basketball, pool, or work out in the rudimentary gym. Not so with home confinement. Here we live on top of each other and there’s nothing we can do about it. (My best friend from prison called me last night and said, “How do you like house arrest redux?” He was exactly right. This is house arrest and I don’t like it one bit.)
And just like recently-released prisoners, we have to worry about overzealous cops. The son of a good friend of mine was sitting on a park bench in a park near his house in Arlington, Virginia yesterday. There was literally nobody else in the park. After only a few minutes, a cop pulled up and shouted at him with a bullhorn: “Quarantine! Go home!” The cop was wrong, of course. Virginians are allowed out to exercise and they are allowed to go to the park, so long as they don’t congregate. But the kid went home. Two hours later, this same young man went with his 8-year-old brother to a local elementary school playground to play catch with a baseball. Within minutes, two police cars showed up with lights flashing and threatened to arrest them for “violating the quarantine.” Again, they weren’t breaking the law. But they’re kids being threatened by cops. So they picked up their ball and went home. The situation is the same for recently-released prisoners. Get caught outside and the cops show up. Challenge them and they’ll make your life miserable. This new normal weighs on all of us. It’s hard to get used to. We don’t like it.
Doing Time Like A Spy:... Kiriakou, John Best Price: $13.51 Buy New $13.51 (as of 04:59 UTC - Details) I think we can agree that a quarantine is a form of confinement. Sure, we’ve all been thrust into it in the past couple of months against our will and without preparation. It’s awful. Why would we do it unless it was to protect our health and lives? Home confinement in a time where there is no public health reason to do so is cruel. It’s unnecessary. It’s bad for mental health.
The federal government and most states give prisoners 10 percent of their sentences, up to six months, in home confinement, like it’s a favor of some sort. It’s not a favor. It’s an attack on one’s mental health. Now that we all know what it’s like, let’s do away with it. If your sentence is so short that you can be sent home, just leave it at that. It’s the humanitarian thing to do. Doing away with home confinement is not going to raise the crime rate. It’s not going to “release dangerous criminals into the streets.” It’s showing concern for the mental health of those Americans among the most vulnerable.
The views expressed are solely those of the author and may or may not reflect those of Consortium News.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.
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lewrockwell--2020-04-17--The Locked Down World

The Locked Down World

Not much more than a month ago , the various countries of the world were meandering along , mired in corruption , poverty , injustice , unfairness , and all the other niceties of modern civilization .
The gap between the rich and the poor was ever widening .
Freedom was something America in particular boasted about .
But within the period of a just a few weeks last month , virtually the entire world went on lock down .
No police were needed .
No troops were needed .
Not a single shot was fired .
When the dust @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being quarantined within their homes .
Voluntarily .
Businesses were forced to close .
All events and activities- including professional sports- were cancelled .
Untold numbers of businesses will never reopen .
Millions will be thrown out of work .
The culprit is a particularly nasty Coronavirus strain , COVID-19 .
We were initially warned it could kill millions in this country alone .
While the common flu kills an average of 56,000 in America every year , nothing has ever been closed or cancelled because of it .
Everything has been cancelled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this virus .
Despite numbers that reveal it to have killed less than half of what the flu does in an average season , businesses remain closed and people remain sheltered in their homes .
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The World Health Organization issued a directive weeks ago , instructing hospitals to list the cause of death as COVID-19 even when the deceased had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Centers for Disease Control issues a disclaimer , in each official release of COVID numbers , that they include “ presumptive ” cases in those numbers .
In other words , untested and unproven cases .
Dr. Deborah Birx , the Trump administration ’ s Coronavirus Response Coordinator , has admitted that when any patient has tested positive for the virus , the cause of death will be listed as being from that , even when it clearly is not .
Over the past week especially , the establishment has been backpedaling furiously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spreading nonstop to the public .
Fox News asked , “ how could the models and projections have been so wrong ?
” Even CNN admitted their numbers were dramatically overstated .
No one is claiming other than that the “ experts ” were wildly wrong about this .
And yet , we are all still urged to listen to these same “ experts.
” So , surely since they are telling us things are “ leveling off , ” and that they were incredibly wrong to exaggerate the impact of this virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be returning to work immediately , right ?
No more tickets for “ social distancing ” violations , issued by our policing for profit officers who are faced with the least busy highways , and thus fewest potential motorists to ticket for minor infractions , correct ?
Surely , we can go visit Grandma in the nursing home again , before she moves on to her eternal reward ?
Or hug the grandchild we ’ ve only seen on Skype ?
Well , apparently not .
Dr. Anthony Fauci , the Frankenstein-like point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ White House , has said we may never be able to go back to shaking hands .
Our leaders seem to be insinuating that this draconian lock down could last months .
Some scientists have said “ social distancing ” may have to last until 2022 !
There are ominous predictions from the same “ experts ” who were so gloriously mistaken before , that the virus could return in the Fall .
Or maybe next Spring .
Or it could always be there , an unseen enemy outside our doors .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some have said .
We can ’ t let the virus win , can we ?
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It is not a science-fiction movie or a dystopian novel .
It is the reality we face today , in 2020 .
We have not been teleported in some way , into the pages of George Orwell ’ s 1984 .
Although the parallels with Orwell ’ s great work are many .
There may not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mentality of those who are buying this narrative is identical to that of the unquestioning residents of Oceania .
The kindly neighbors reporting “ social distancing ” violators to the police mirror the actions of Oceania ’ s Anti-Sex League .
The uniformity of opinion among those who have a large public platform has never been so evident as now .
Not a single “ journalist , ” politician , or celebrity is questioning this unprecedented authoritarianism .
The celebrities in particular are such over-the-top cheerleaders that is nauseating to watch them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shows or deliver state-approved messages from the comfort of their palatial estates .
But perhaps the celebrities have a right be concerned about this deadly virus .
They have shown a remarkable propensity to contract it .
CNN has been particularly hard hit .
First , gangster wannabe Chris Cuomo announced he had it , and provided regular updates from his mansion .
Then , fellow anchor Brooke Baldwin came down with it , and communicated nonstop with her adoring fans via Instagram .
She recently announced dramatically that “ I think I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” whatever that awkward , ungrammatical phrase was supposed to mean .
Tom Hanks was fittingly the first celebrity to contract the virus .
As a loud supporter of the totally discredited Warren Commission , and known to tweet out bizarre images of lone shoes and gloves he supposedly finds on the sides of roads , he was a perfect choice .
Hanks ’ tweet , in which he informed his fans that his wife , actress Rita Wilson , was beating him by 201 points in gin rummy , with a picture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ background , was full of symbolism .
Why include a random number like 201 ?
“ Conspiracy theorists ” quickly caught the less than subtle reference to Bill Gates ’ Agenda 201 .
And then attention whore Madonna tweeted out a picture of her pecking away on her own Corona typewriter that same day .
Who would have thought that two fabulously wealthy celebrities bother with heavy , antiquated typewriters in the age of IPads and lap tops ?
And oh yes , one of the things Madonna was typing about was pasta @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some of the Podesta emails published by Wikileaks to understand the significance of that .
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She breathlessly announced that she ’ d had “ all the symptoms ” of COVID-19 , but hadn ’ t been tested .
Still , the mainstream media reported her triumphant “ recovery ” from a virus she ’ d never been tested for , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4 breast cancer .
Now former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos is said to be recovering from the virus as well .
Who knows how many of these celebrities really had anything , even a common cold ?
No one likes to jump on the bandwagon of popular movements more than they do .
And right now , having tested positive for this thing is evidently very popular .
What will the fallout from all this be ?
Will the growing “ incel ” ( involuntarily celibate ) community become a majority in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They haven ’ t outlawed sex with your spouse yet , but since many lonely men in this country struggle to find dates , let alone sex , you can imagine how much more difficult this will become with “ social distancing ” rules in place .
Porn is going to be more popular than ever .
And “ social distancing ” may end the world ’ s oldest profession as well .
Maybe they ’ ll come up with some kind of creative virtual prostitution .
The lonely elderly spending their final @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neglected , not only by uncaring staff members , but by their own families .
Now , with visitation forbidden , how many children or grandchildren who do care will miss the opportunity to spend a precious few minutes with their loved ones , before they leave this mortal coil ?
How many older grandparents will die before having the chance to hold their infant grandchildren ?
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How many mid-sized ones will ever be able to reopen ?
How many millions will be furloughed , laid off , fired- however they word it- because of this draconian reaction ?
How can an economy based on commerce exist without commerce ?
The fact that the business community is accepting all of this passively can only fuel more suspicion that the entire thing was contrived for nefarious purposes .
A plandemic , not a pandemic .
Montgomery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decree that everyone must wear masks in public .
Look for other areas to follow suit .
Walking around in public , watching the nervous , masked figures , scurrying quickly by at an appropriate distance from each other , is like being on the set of a science fiction film .
Are we all crisis actors now ?
Recent protests in Ohio and Michigan , as well as the refusal of Brazil and Sweden to go along with the program , provides us with some hope .
Perhaps the natives will eventually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can hope for is a return to some semblance of reality , with our rigged economy and dysfunctional culture .
At worst there will be rolling shortages- they are already announcing that food may be in limited supply , along with power outages , etc .
All attributed nonsensically to the “ virus.
” We may regularly go back into “ lock down ” status , for whatever excuse our leaders devise .
The majority have shown that they won ’ t question any measure , if it comes from our corrupt authorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The mind still reels that they were able to pull that off , without a bunch of renegade pastors refusing to comply .
And where are all the gun rights activists ?
Apparently , they are just fine with tyranny , as long as they can keep their guns .
Just don ’ t use them to reign in tyrannical leaders .
76 % of those in my state of Virginia support Governor Ralph Northam ’ s actions in a recent poll .
There will be no protests here .
I would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t reflect this as well .
As Thomas Jefferson said , “ When government fears the people , there is liberty .
When the people fear the government , there is tyranny.
” There should be no question at this point about who fears who .
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Not much more than a month ago, the various countries of the world were meandering along, mired in corruption, poverty, injustice, unfairness, and all the other niceties of modern civilization. The gap between the rich and the poor was ever widening. Freedom was something America in particular boasted about.
But within the period of a just a few weeks last month, virtually the entire world went on lock down. No police were needed. No troops were needed. Not a single shot was fired. When the dust had settled, healthy people everywhere were being quarantined within their homes. Voluntarily. Businesses were forced to close. All events and activities- including professional sports- were cancelled. Untold numbers of businesses will never reopen. Millions will be thrown out of work.
The culprit is a particularly nasty Coronavirus strain, COVID-19. We were initially warned it could kill millions in this country alone. While the common flu kills an average of 56,000 in America every year, nothing has ever been closed or cancelled because of it. Everything has been cancelled, for over a month, for this virus. Despite numbers that reveal it to have killed less than half of what the flu does in an average season, businesses remain closed and people remain sheltered in their homes. The Flat Broke Cookboo... Luther, Daisy Buy New $8.95 (as of 05:00 UTC - Details)
We know for certain that the official numbers are being artificially inflated to a significant degree. The World Health Organization issued a directive weeks ago, instructing hospitals to list the cause of death as COVID-19 even when the deceased had never been tested for it. The Centers for Disease Control issues a disclaimer, in each official release of COVID numbers, that they include “presumptive” cases in those numbers. In other words, untested and unproven cases. Dr. Deborah Birx, the Trump administration’s Coronavirus Response Coordinator, has admitted that when any patient has tested positive for the virus, the cause of death will be listed as being from that, even when it clearly is not.
Over the past week especially, the establishment has been backpedaling furiously away from the fear porn they were spreading nonstop to the public. Fox News asked, “how could the models and projections have been so wrong?” Even CNN admitted their numbers were dramatically overstated. No one is claiming other than that the “experts” were wildly wrong about this. And yet, we are all still urged to listen to these same “experts.”
So, surely since they are telling us things are “leveling off,” and that they were incredibly wrong to exaggerate the impact of this virus in the first place, people will be returning to work immediately, right? No more tickets for “social distancing” violations, issued by our policing for profit officers who are faced with the least busy highways, and thus fewest potential motorists to ticket for minor infractions, correct? Surely, we can go visit Grandma in the nursing home again, before she moves on to her eternal reward? Or hug the grandchild we’ve only seen on Skype?
Well, apparently not. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Frankenstein-like point man on the issue for the Trump White House, has said we may never be able to go back to shaking hands. Our leaders seem to be insinuating that this draconian lock down could last months. Some scientists have said “social distancing” may have to last until 2022! There are ominous predictions from the same “experts” who were so gloriously mistaken before, that the virus could return in the Fall. Or maybe next Spring. Or it could always be there, an unseen enemy outside our doors. We are at war with the virus, some have said. We can’t let the virus win, can we? The Prepperu2019s Blue... Tess Pennington Best Price: $11.98 Buy New $18.98 (as of 02:20 UTC - Details)
This is not a dream. It is not a science-fiction movie or a dystopian novel. It is the reality we face today, in 2020. We have not been teleported in some way, into the pages of George Orwell’s 1984. Although the parallels with Orwell’s great work are many. There may not be a literal Big Brother, but the mentality of those who are buying this narrative is identical to that of the unquestioning residents of Oceania. The kindly neighbors reporting “social distancing” violators to the police mirror the actions of Oceania’s Anti-Sex League.
The uniformity of opinion among those who have a large public platform has never been so evident as now. Not a single “journalist,” politician, or celebrity is questioning this unprecedented authoritarianism. The celebrities in particular are such over-the-top cheerleaders that is nauseating to watch them; smiling vacuously as they host their shows or deliver state-approved messages from the comfort of their palatial estates.
But perhaps the celebrities have a right be concerned about this deadly virus. They have shown a remarkable propensity to contract it. CNN has been particularly hard hit. First, gangster wannabe Chris Cuomo announced he had it, and provided regular updates from his mansion. Then, fellow anchor Brooke Baldwin came down with it, and communicated nonstop with her adoring fans via Instagram. She recently announced dramatically that “I think I’ve nearly battled this beast,” whatever that awkward, ungrammatical phrase was supposed to mean.
Tom Hanks was fittingly the first celebrity to contract the virus. As a loud supporter of the totally discredited Warren Commission, and known to tweet out bizarre images of lone shoes and gloves he supposedly finds on the sides of roads, he was a perfect choice. Hanks’ tweet, in which he informed his fans that his wife, actress Rita Wilson, was beating him by 201 points in gin rummy, with a picture of his beloved Corona typewriter in the background, was full of symbolism. Why include a random number like 201? “Conspiracy theorists” quickly caught the less than subtle reference to Bill Gates’ Agenda 201. And then attention whore Madonna tweeted out a picture of her pecking away on her own Corona typewriter that same day. Who would have thought that two fabulously wealthy celebrities bother with heavy, antiquated typewriters in the age of IPads and lap tops? And oh yes, one of the things Madonna was typing about was pasta. You’ll have to read some of the Podesta emails published by Wikileaks to understand the significance of that. All-Natural Large Heat... Buy New $27.95 ($27.95 / Count) (as of 03:18 UTC - Details)
But perhaps the most ridiculous celebrity turned out to be “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling. She breathlessly announced that she’d had “all the symptoms” of COVID-19, but hadn’t been tested. Still, the mainstream media reported her triumphant “recovery” from a virus she’d never been tested for, as if she’d just beaten stage 4 breast cancer. Now former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos is said to be recovering from the virus as well. Who knows how many of these celebrities really had anything, even a common cold? No one likes to jump on the bandwagon of popular movements more than they do. And right now, having tested positive for this thing is evidently very popular.
What will the fallout from all this be? Will the growing “incel” (involuntarily celibate) community become a majority in this country, or around the world? They haven’t outlawed sex with your spouse yet, but since many lonely men in this country struggle to find dates, let alone sex, you can imagine how much more difficult this will become with “social distancing” rules in place. Porn is going to be more popular than ever. And “social distancing” may end the world’s oldest profession as well. Maybe they’ll come up with some kind of creative virtual prostitution.
The lonely elderly spending their final days in nursing homes already were largely neglected, not only by uncaring staff members, but by their own families. Now, with visitation forbidden, how many children or grandchildren who do care will miss the opportunity to spend a precious few minutes with their loved ones, before they leave this mortal coil? How many older grandparents will die before having the chance to hold their infant grandchildren?
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Montgomery County, Maryland has already issued a decree that everyone must wear masks in public. Look for other areas to follow suit. Walking around in public, watching the nervous, masked figures, scurrying quickly by at an appropriate distance from each other, is like being on the set of a science fiction film. Are we all crisis actors now? Recent protests in Ohio and Michigan, as well as the refusal of Brazil and Sweden to go along with the program, provides us with some hope. Perhaps the natives will eventually get restless.
The best outcome we can hope for is a return to some semblance of reality, with our rigged economy and dysfunctional culture. At worst there will be rolling shortages- they are already announcing that food may be in limited supply, along with power outages, etc. All attributed nonsensically to the “virus.” We may regularly go back into “lock down” status, for whatever excuse our leaders devise. The majority have shown that they won’t question any measure, if it comes from our corrupt authorities. No church on Easter Sunday? The mind still reels that they were able to pull that off, without a bunch of renegade pastors refusing to comply. And where are all the gun rights activists? Apparently, they are just fine with tyranny, as long as they can keep their guns. Just don’t use them to reign in tyrannical leaders.
76% of those in my state of Virginia support Governor Ralph Northam’s actions in a recent poll. There will be no protests here. I would be shocked if the majority of states don’t reflect this as well. As Thomas Jefferson said, “When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” There should be no question at this point about who fears who.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.
The Best of Donald Jeffries


lewrockwell--2020-04-17--A Simple Model of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Take a Petri dish , fill it with agar , put a drop of bacteria sample in it , close it and put it in a warm place .
The bacteria will grow explosively at first but then growth will slow down and eventually stop completely once the bacteria have consumed all the nutrients the agar can provide .
Mathematically this process can be characterized quite accurately using the logistic function : The logistic function also works well for characterizing pandemics , since the underlying process is similar .
Rate of growth of bacteria depends on the number of bacteria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; rate of spread of infection depends on the number of infected individuals and slows down as the number of individuals left to infect declines .
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It is possible to fit a polynomial to just about any data just by adding enough terms to it , but the predictive value of such an exercise is pretty much nil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It uses just three parameters : midpoint , maximum and growth rate .
And it models real , physical phenomena that are ubiquitous in nature : exponential growth and exponential saturation .
In modeling the coronavirus pandemic , we had to add a fourth parameter : a small offset .
This is because the Chinese data , for whatever set of reasons , is difficult to treat as part of the world model .
In mid-February the coronavirus jumped petri dishes , if you will .
After that point the petri dish became @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it for the Chinese data , the model produces an excellent fit with a standard deviation of 2 % .
The data we chose to analyze is the number of coronavirus deaths as reported by worldometers.info .
The reported number of deaths from coronavirus is far more accurate than any of the other statistics .
The number of infected individuals depends on the accuracy of the test and the number of individuals tested .
The number of severe cases depends on measures of severity that may vary and may have a subjective component @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chance that a death certificate listing COVID-19 as the cause of death may be wrong too , such errors , and whatever interplay of factors give rise to them , don ’ t seem to affect the accuracy of our curve-fitting exercise .
Here is a plot of our model ( in red ) and the data on coronavirus deaths ( in blue ) .
Except for the Chinese coronavirus deaths ( which we skip over by introducing an offset of 2770 deaths ) the data and the model differ by less than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is visually satisfying , there may be some non-obvious trends in the data that the model is missing , which we can look for by looking at residuals between the data and our curve : If the logistic function weren ’ t capturing all that ’ s going on with the coronavirus pandemic , then we ’ d see some trend in the residuals : the data would deviate from the model in a systematic manner .
However , all we see here is a bunch of random noise that averages out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our model is regression analysis .
It shows that the linearity is excellent .
A useful way to look at the data is by plotting global deaths .
In the plot below the blue bars are COVID-19 deaths as reported and the dotted red line is our model .
Here we can see where our model predicts the midpoint of the pandemic to occur .
It is currently set at April 8 .
However , as the data has been coming in the midpoint has been drifting forward .
On March 31 it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is , over 15 days it drifted by 4 days .
We can only guess why this is .
Perhaps there is a lag time in reporting COVID-19 deaths .
Or perhaps the size of the planet plays a role and in spite of near-instant air travel the geographic spread of the virus is taking a non-negligible amount of time .
But these are simply guesses .
Suffice it to say that if the drift remains consistent , then by mid-May the midpoint will have been passed around April 16 .
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A week ago it was close to 140000 total COVID-19 deaths , but now it ’ s nearing 170000 .
This drift makes it dangerous to make exact predictions based on our model .
The ultimate number of COVID-19 deaths could end up as much as 50 % higher .
It may very well be the case that the current data , and therefore the model , fail to take into account future geographic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scarce medical resources , where COVID-19 cases will go both undiagnosed and unreported .
As for the many countries that are currently actively battling the coronavirus by shutting down air traffic , imposing curfews and travel restrictions , forcing people to remain indoors , requiring people to wear face masks and to stand far apart in public , we can perhaps assume that for them the data on COVID-19 deaths is both accurate and timely .
Based on this assumption , we can arrive at some tentative conclusions .
Different countries have imposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have written passes to set foot outside ; others do not .
Some have forced a complete economic shutdown ; others haven ’ t .
Some test lots of healthy people for coronavirus ; others only test suspected cases and a few conduct tests as part of a post-mortem , if at all .
How does this seem to be affecting the number of COVID-19 deaths ?
Well , not at all , actually !
It seems to be making about as much difference as would frowning and wagging your finger at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spreading just as it would , and most people who are exposed to it do not even know that they have been exposed to anything out of the ordinary .
Fat for Fuel : A Revolu ... Mercola , Dr. Joseph Best Price : $ 1.83 Buy New $ 8.01 Even if we dramatically increase our current estimate of 170000 ultimate COVID-19 deaths to half a million and assume that the coronavirus spreads to every corner of the Earth , this would give us a lethality of 0.07 % .
This is very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic .
Note , however , that the 2009 pandemic did not cause financial and economic collapse .
We may speculate that the damage from the largely futile measures being taken to control the spread of the coronavirus , which includes millions of job losses and business bankruptcies , will be far more severe than the damage from the coronavirus itself .
Directly lethal side-effects of these measures will include significantly higher murder and suicide rates , deaths from malnutrition and starvation and deaths due to lack of medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been commandeered to focus on COVID-19 .
Do sane , responsible people shut down the economy and bankrupt themselves for the sake of a virus not unlike the dozens of others in circulation which cause people to cough and sneeze , and sometimes ( very rarely ) die ?
No , they do not .
Thus , we are forced to formulate other hypotheses .
One such hypothesis is that global finance collapsed some time ago , and eventually the trick of “ kicking the can down the road ” stopped working .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Luckily , this coronavirus came along just in time to allow the leadership to avoid taking responsibility for what happened .
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What our model is telling us is that the coronavirus pandemic is already past its saturation point and will be over in a month or two .
The virus will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but economic collapse will remain .
Some countries will be able to restart their economies while others—the ones that have been kicking the proverbial can down the proverbial road—won ’ t be able to .
And there political collapse will follow economic collapse .
The most significant conclusion we can make from our model is that the coronavirus pandemic is already past its midpoint .
This conclusion is tentative , because new data could break the model .
For instance , we might see a significant new spike a couple of weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But until that happens our model ’ s simplicity and accuracy makes it a good tracking tool .
We will continue adjusting our model as new data comes in and publishing updates .
For now , however , our model seems to be telling us that the worst is already over .
If you need a reason to be optimistic ( as most people do right now ) —here it is !
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Take a Petri dish, fill it with agar, put a drop of bacteria sample in it, close it and put it in a warm place. The bacteria will grow explosively at first but then growth will slow down and eventually stop completely once the bacteria have consumed all the nutrients the agar can provide. Mathematically this process can be characterized quite accurately using the logistic function:
The logistic function also works well for characterizing pandemics, since the underlying process is similar. Rate of growth of bacteria depends on the number of bacteria and slows down as nutrients run out; rate of spread of infection depends on the number of infected individuals and slows down as the number of individuals left to infect declines.
Ruminations on the Dis... Learsy, Raymond J. Best Price: $5.80 Buy New $4.89 (as of 05:01 UTC - Details) Mathematical models can be arbitrarily complicated and, as an immediate consequence, arbitrarily wrong. It is possible to fit a polynomial to just about any data just by adding enough terms to it, but the predictive value of such an exercise is pretty much nil. The logistic model is simple. It uses just three parameters: midpoint, maximum and growth rate. And it models real, physical phenomena that are ubiquitous in nature: exponential growth and exponential saturation.
In modeling the coronavirus pandemic, we had to add a fourth parameter: a small offset. This is because the Chinese data, for whatever set of reasons, is difficult to treat as part of the world model. In mid-February the coronavirus jumped petri dishes, if you will. After that point the petri dish became the entire planet.
Once we adjust it for the Chinese data, the model produces an excellent fit with a standard deviation of 2%. The data we chose to analyze is the number of coronavirus deaths as reported by worldometers.info. The reported number of deaths from coronavirus is far more accurate than any of the other statistics. The number of infected individuals depends on the accuracy of the test and the number of individuals tested. The number of severe cases depends on measures of severity that may vary and may have a subjective component. And although there is a nonzero chance that a death certificate listing COVID-19 as the cause of death may be wrong too, such errors, and whatever interplay of factors give rise to them, don’t seem to affect the accuracy of our curve-fitting exercise.
Here is a plot of our model (in red) and the data on coronavirus deaths (in blue).
Except for the Chinese coronavirus deaths (which we skip over by introducing an offset of 2770 deaths) the data and the model differ by less than the thickness of the line. Although this is visually satisfying, there may be some non-obvious trends in the data that the model is missing, which we can look for by looking at residuals between the data and our curve:
If the logistic function weren’t capturing all that’s going on with the coronavirus pandemic, then we’d see some trend in the residuals: the data would deviate from the model in a systematic manner. However, all we see here is a bunch of random noise that averages out over time.
Another method for validating our model is regression analysis. It shows that the linearity is excellent.
A useful way to look at the data is by plotting global deaths. In the plot below the blue bars are COVID-19 deaths as reported and the dotted red line is our model.
Here we can see where our model predicts the midpoint of the pandemic to occur. It is currently set at April 8. However, as the data has been coming in the midpoint has been drifting forward. On March 31 it was set at April 4. That is, over 15 days it drifted by 4 days. We can only guess why this is. Perhaps there is a lag time in reporting COVID-19 deaths. Or perhaps the size of the planet plays a role and in spite of near-instant air travel the geographic spread of the virus is taking a non-negligible amount of time. But these are simply guesses. Suffice it to say that if the drift remains consistent, then by mid-May the midpoint will have been passed around April 16. The Politics of Depend... Menchaca, Martha Best Price: $18.30 Buy New $23.55 (as of 05:01 UTC - Details)
As the midpoint drifts, so does the upper bound. A week ago it was close to 140000 total COVID-19 deaths, but now it’s nearing 170000. This drift makes it dangerous to make exact predictions based on our model. The ultimate number of COVID-19 deaths could end up as much as 50% higher. It may very well be the case that the current data, and therefore the model, fail to take into account future geographic spread of the virus into areas with scarce medical resources, where COVID-19 cases will go both undiagnosed and unreported.
As for the many countries that are currently actively battling the coronavirus by shutting down air traffic, imposing curfews and travel restrictions, forcing people to remain indoors, requiring people to wear face masks and to stand far apart in public, we can perhaps assume that for them the data on COVID-19 deaths is both accurate and timely. Based on this assumption, we can arrive at some tentative conclusions.
Different countries have imposed different measures. Some are requiring people to have written passes to set foot outside; others do not. Some have forced a complete economic shutdown; others haven’t. Some test lots of healthy people for coronavirus; others only test suspected cases and a few conduct tests as part of a post-mortem, if at all. How does this seem to be affecting the number of COVID-19 deaths? Well, not at all, actually! It seems to be making about as much difference as would frowning and wagging your finger at a petri dish. The coronavirus is spreading just as it would, and most people who are exposed to it do not even know that they have been exposed to anything out of the ordinary. Fat for Fuel: A Revolu... Mercola, Dr. Joseph Best Price: $1.83 Buy New $8.01 (as of 02:25 UTC - Details)
Even if we dramatically increase our current estimate of 170000 ultimate COVID-19 deaths to half a million and assume that the coronavirus spreads to every corner of the Earth, this would give us a lethality of 0.07%. This is very much in line with the death toll from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Note, however, that the 2009 pandemic did not cause financial and economic collapse. We may speculate that the damage from the largely futile measures being taken to control the spread of the coronavirus, which includes millions of job losses and business bankruptcies, will be far more severe than the damage from the coronavirus itself. Directly lethal side-effects of these measures will include significantly higher murder and suicide rates, deaths from malnutrition and starvation and deaths due to lack of medical care from health care systems which have been commandeered to focus on COVID-19.
Do sane, responsible people shut down the economy and bankrupt themselves for the sake of a virus not unlike the dozens of others in circulation which cause people to cough and sneeze, and sometimes (very rarely) die? No, they do not. Thus, we are forced to formulate other hypotheses. One such hypothesis is that global finance collapsed some time ago, and eventually the trick of “kicking the can down the road” stopped working. And then the global economy collapsed. Luckily, this coronavirus came along just in time to allow the leadership to avoid taking responsibility for what happened. Everything I Want To D... Salatin, Joel Best Price: $9.36 Buy New $15.76 (as of 01:35 UTC - Details)
They have been hyping the coronavirus for all it’s worth, but this won’t work for much longer. What our model is telling us is that the coronavirus pandemic is already past its saturation point and will be over in a month or two. The virus will be gone, and leaders will declare victory, but economic collapse will remain. Some countries will be able to restart their economies while others—the ones that have been kicking the proverbial can down the proverbial road—won’t be able to. And there political collapse will follow economic collapse.
The most significant conclusion we can make from our model is that the coronavirus pandemic is already past its midpoint. This conclusion is tentative, because new data could break the model. For instance, we might see a significant new spike a couple of weeks after the lockdowns and curfews end. But until that happens our model’s simplicity and accuracy makes it a good tracking tool. We will continue adjusting our model as new data comes in and publishing updates. For now, however, our model seems to be telling us that the worst is already over. If you need a reason to be optimistic (as most people do right now)—here it is!
Reprinted with permission from Dmitry Orlov.
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lewrockwell--2020-04-17--Will Coronavirus Retire the World’s Policeman?

For declaring in March that the U.S. economy might be reopened by Easter , President Donald Trump was roundly mocked .
Yet , it appears his political instincts were correct .
He was more in tune with his country than were his critics .
By early Easter week , Gov .
Andrew Cuomo and the governors of six states in the New York-New Jersey region had formed a consortium to synchronize the opening of their economies .
California ’ s Gavin Newsom and the governors of Washington and Oregon had done the same .
The governors may disagree on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but most agree with Trump .
America can not remain shut down for months without lasting damage to the livelihood and lives of millions of citizens who are about to be shoved into a new Great Depression .
However , something just jolted the gathering consensus over the need to reopen soon .
Tuesday and Wednesday , the U.S. set records for the numbers of fatalities from the virus .
Tuesday it was 2,364 dead , the following day 2,371 .
That put the national casualty total above 30,000 .
The U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until Feb. 29 .
It took 38 days after that to reach 10,000 .
However , it took only nine days to vault from 10,000 fatalities to more than 30,000 .
The ominous implication : If this 2,300-dead-per-day figure is near the new normal , we would surpass the 61,000 fatalities projected for the duration of the pandemic — in two weeks !
Even if we reduce the Tuesday-Wednesday average daily death toll by over half , to 1,000 deaths a day , that would mean 44,000 more dead for a total of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 worse than the flu ?
The coronavirus is more easily transmissible .
It is more savage in how it maims immune systems .
It is more lethal , killing far more of the infected than the regular flu , though we do not know exactly how much more lethal .
For we have no hard number of those who carry or have carried the virus asymptomatically .
Nor we do know whether having survived COVID-19 renders one immune to a new infection .
Since the medical experts are predicting a second wave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fall , this is no small matter .
And seeing what happened on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt , the coronavirus could have a major impact on U.S. global commitments .
Americans were already coming home from the Middle East , drawing down our 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after a deal with the Taliban , and moving our 5,000 troops in Iraq into fewer bases .
We have disengaged from the Saudi war against the Houthi rebels in Yemen and are drawing down our forces in Syria .
In Libya ’ s civil war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Egyptians and Gulf Arabs , not Americans , who are the supporting actors .
American soft power is also in retreat from the world .
Some 10,000 Peace Corps volunteers have been brought home .
Scores of thousands of U.S. citizens have been repatriated by the State Department .
We have shut the door to Europe , China , the world .
What now becomes of the U.S. geostrategic “ pivot , ” the shift of planes , troops , ships and bases from the Middle and Near East to the Indo-Pacific theater @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contain China with what ?
The Roosevelt has been ravaged by the coronavirus .
As of Tuesday , 589 cases of COVID-19 were reported from a crew of 4,800 .
Four thousand sailors in Guam are in various stages of a 14-day isolation period in hotels and spare rooms across the island .
But it is not just the Roosevelt .
Every U.S. warship — carriers , cruisers , frigates , destroyers , subs — has cramped quarters conducive to the spread of the coronavirus .
How many of these vessels will soon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same question might also be asked of the U.S. Army and Marine barracks in South Korea , Japan , Australia and Okinawa .
There are allegations that the coronavirus did not originate in the Wuhan “ wet market ” where bats are sold for food but instead escaped through a horrible blunder in a Chinese bioweapons laboratory a few miles away .
Whatever the truth , the Wuhan virus appears to have become the most effective means of disabling U.S. hard and soft power that we have encountered in many a decade .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and scores of thousands of other Americans who have been repatriated home , how many of these “ soft power ” soldiers will be going back after they have been out of their host country for 18 months ?
Will this pandemic prove the decisive factor in America ’ s retreat from global hegemony ?
With the U.S. budget deficit for 2020 originally set at $ 1 trillion , now triple that , there is going to be a hard reckoning for the allocation of our diminished resources after the nation reopens .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ be seen as yesterday ’ s priority , and a primary candidate for discard .
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For declaring in March that the U.S. economy might be reopened by Easter, President Donald Trump was roundly mocked.
Yet, it appears his political instincts were correct. He was more in tune with his country than were his critics.
By early Easter week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the governors of six states in the New York-New Jersey region had formed a consortium to synchronize the opening of their economies. California’s Gavin Newsom and the governors of Washington and Oregon had done the same.
The governors may disagree on the timing, May 1 or May 15, but most agree with Trump. America cannot remain shut down for months without lasting damage to the livelihood and lives of millions of citizens who are about to be shoved into a new Great Depression. Nixon’s White Ho... Buchanan, Patrick J. Best Price: $2.03 Buy New $8.50 (as of 12:15 UTC - Details)
Twenty-two million Americans are now unemployed.
However, something just jolted the gathering consensus over the need to reopen soon. Tuesday and Wednesday, the U.S. set records for the numbers of fatalities from the virus. Tuesday it was 2,364 dead, the following day 2,371. That put the national casualty total above 30,000.
The U.S. did not record its first coronavirus fatality until Feb. 29. It took 38 days after that to reach 10,000. However, it took only nine days to vault from 10,000 fatalities to more than 30,000.
The ominous implication: If this 2,300-dead-per-day figure is near the new normal, we would surpass the 61,000 fatalities projected for the duration of the pandemic — in two weeks!
Even if we reduce the Tuesday-Wednesday average daily death toll by over half, to 1,000 deaths a day, that would mean 44,000 more dead for a total of 75,000 by June 1.
What makes COVID-19 worse than the flu?
Magnesium: Reversing D... Levy, MD Jd Best Price: $23.53 Buy New $24.58 (as of 02:51 UTC - Details) The coronavirus is more easily transmissible. It is more savage in how it maims immune systems. It is more lethal, killing far more of the infected than the regular flu, though we do not know exactly how much more lethal. For we have no hard number of those who carry or have carried the virus asymptomatically.
Nor we do know whether having survived COVID-19 renders one immune to a new infection. Since the medical experts are predicting a second wave of the virus in late summer or fall, this is no small matter.
And seeing what happened on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt, the coronavirus could have a major impact on U.S. global commitments.
Americans were already coming home from the Middle East, drawing down our 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after a deal with the Taliban, and moving our 5,000 troops in Iraq into fewer bases.
We have disengaged from the Saudi war against the Houthi rebels in Yemen and are drawing down our forces in Syria.
In Libya’s civil war, it is Russians, Turks, Egyptians and Gulf Arabs, not Americans, who are the supporting actors.
American soft power is also in retreat from the world.
How Not To Die With Tr... Henriques, Tiago Best Price: $18.23 Buy New $17.97 (as of 08:00 UTC - Details) Some 10,000 Peace Corps volunteers have been brought home. Scores of thousands of U.S. citizens have been repatriated by the State Department. We have shut the door to Europe, China, the world.
What now becomes of the U.S. geostrategic “pivot,” the shift of planes, troops, ships and bases from the Middle and Near East to the Indo-Pacific theater to contain a rising China?
And contain China with what?
The Roosevelt has been ravaged by the coronavirus. As of Tuesday, 589 cases of COVID-19 were reported from a crew of 4,800. Four thousand sailors in Guam are in various stages of a 14-day isolation period in hotels and spare rooms across the island.
But it is not just the Roosevelt. Every U.S. warship — carriers, cruisers, frigates, destroyers, subs — has cramped quarters conducive to the spread of the coronavirus.
How many of these vessels will soon be doubling as hospital ships?
The same question might also be asked of the U.S. Army and Marine barracks in South Korea, Japan, Australia and Okinawa. Permanent Record Snowden, Edward Best Price: $8.52 Buy New $9.85 (as of 07:25 UTC - Details)
There are allegations that the coronavirus did not originate in the Wuhan “wet market” where bats are sold for food but instead escaped through a horrible blunder in a Chinese bioweapons laboratory a few miles away.
Whatever the truth, the Wuhan virus appears to have become the most effective means of disabling U.S. hard and soft power that we have encountered in many a decade.
Of those 10,000 Peace Corp volunteers, and scores of thousands of other Americans who have been repatriated home, how many of these “soft power” soldiers will be going back after they have been out of their host country for 18 months?
Will this pandemic prove the decisive factor in America’s retreat from global hegemony?
With the U.S. budget deficit for 2020 originally set at $1 trillion, now triple that, there is going to be a hard reckoning for the allocation of our diminished resources after the nation reopens.
And policing the planet is likely to be seen as yesterday’s priority, and a primary candidate for discard.
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Aristotle is Back!

This is taken from a lecture given by Fr .
Nicanor Austriaco , OP : “ Virtue and the Desire for Happiness in a Secular Age.
” In addition to being a priest , he is trained as a molecular biologist .
At 1 hour 4 minutes in , and for the next ten minutes , he is discussing the intersection of the current science regarding Aristotle ’ s Four Causes .
To summarize , Aristotle offered us Four Causes : The Material Cause , the Formal Cause , the Efficient Cause , and the Final Cause .
• Material @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a thing comes to be , and which persists ; e.g.
, bronze , silver , and the genus of these are causes of a statue or a bowl.
” • Formal Cause : “ the form … the account of the essence.
” • Efficient Cause : “ the primary source of change or rest.
” • Final Cause : “ the end ( telos ) , that for which a thing is done.
” The Ethics of Liberty Rothbard , Murray N. Best Price : $ 9.63 Buy New $ 19.00 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keeping only the Efficient Cause and the Material Cause ; there is no more Formal or Final Cause .
Yet the classical account of virtue and goodness presupposes all four causes .
Without a Formal and Final Cause , where is Virtue ?
According to Fr .
Austriaco , systems biology has recovered a notion of form .
Man has about 20,000 genes ; rice has 50,000 ; the worm has 13,000 .
Before the genome age , it was assumed that complexity was associated with the number of parts .
This notion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t the number of parts – it is how the parts are arranged .
Once you start talking about arrangement and order , you introduce formal causality .
Further , our billions or trillions of molecules are arranged in a particular configuration , and these are moving along in time .
Yet , we can predict how these molecules relate to each other , so we can predict where these will be five minutes from now .
In other words , you have arrangement ( formal causality ) and what that arrangement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end ( final causality ) .
Therefore , efficient and material causality are unable , by themselves , to fully explain biology .
Fr .
Austriaco exclaims : “ Bye , bye Bacon ; bye , bye Descartes .
Aristotle is back in .
Once Aristotle is back , natural law can be recovered.
” There is more here , but I am already in too deep on the science .
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Gregory Pine , O.P .
Starting at about the 5:00 minute mark , Fr .
Pine offers : This captures my lack of interest on the idea of spending energy trying to purify the non-aggression principle to the nth degree .
We already understand the principle well enough ; we don ’ t need to resolve the minutiae of what happens if Martians invade or cows fart .
What will it take to move toward liberty ?
This is the question .
It won ’ t be found in further attempts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ path ; it seems Rothbard has as well .
If someone has a better notion , let me know .
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This is taken from a lecture given by Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP: “Virtue and the Desire for Happiness in a Secular Age.” In addition to being a priest, he is trained as a molecular biologist.
At 1 hour 4 minutes in, and for the next ten minutes, he is discussing the intersection of the current science regarding Aristotle’s Four Causes. To summarize, Aristotle offered us Four Causes: The Material Cause, the Formal Cause, the Efficient Cause, and the Final Cause.
Material Cause: “that out of which a thing comes to be, and which persists; e.g., bronze, silver, and the genus of these are causes of a statue or a bowl.”
Formal Cause: “the form … the account of the essence.”
Efficient Cause: “the primary source of change or rest.”
Final Cause: “the end (telos), that for which a thing is done.”
The Ethics of Liberty Rothbard, Murray N. Best Price: $9.63 Buy New $19.00 (as of 02:25 UTC - Details) Modern science jettisoned two of these, keeping only the Efficient Cause and the Material Cause; there is no more Formal or Final Cause. Yet the classical account of virtue and goodness presupposes all four causes. Without a Formal and Final Cause, where is Virtue?
According to Fr. Austriaco, systems biology has recovered a notion of form. Man has about 20,000 genes; rice has 50,000; the worm has 13,000. Before the genome age, it was assumed that complexity was associated with the number of parts. This notion is totally gone now.
It isn’t the number of parts – it is how the parts are arranged. Once you start talking about arrangement and order, you introduce formal causality.
Further, our billions or trillions of molecules are arranged in a particular configuration, and these are moving along in time. Yet, we can predict how these molecules relate to each other, so we can predict where these will be five minutes from now. In other words, you have arrangement (formal causality) and what that arrangement will be as it moves toward the end (final causality).
Therefore, efficient and material causality are unable, by themselves, to fully explain biology. Fr. Austriaco exclaims: “Bye, bye Bacon; bye, bye Descartes. Aristotle is back in. Once Aristotle is back, natural law can be recovered.”
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From a different lecture, on a slightly different topic: Principles of the Moral Life, Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. Starting at about the 5:00 minute mark, Fr. Pine offers:
When Thomas gets into the specifics of morality, he doesn’t get into case law. He doesn’t get into the specific details of every possible situation. He gets into the seven virtues.
This captures my lack of interest on the idea of spending energy trying to purify the non-aggression principle to the nth degree. We already understand the principle well enough; we don’t need to resolve the minutiae of what happens if Martians invade or cows fart.
What will it take to move toward liberty? This is the question. It won’t be found in further attempts at purification. I have suggested this path; it seems Rothbard has as well. If someone has a better notion, let me know.
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lewrockwell--2020-04-17--The Lockdown Is Killing people, Too

The Lockdown Is Killing people, Too

Journalists have got to ‘ stop asking about an exit strategy ’ from the lockdown , said UK health minister Nadine Dorries yesterday .
Like others in government , and many in the liberal-left media too , she seems to find questions about the lockdown irritating .
Tough .
We must keep asking when the lockdown will be eased and phased out , for one very simple reason : the lockdown is having a devastating impact on the economy and on people ’ s lives .
Right now .
There is emerging evidence that people could be dying as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be an indirect result – in the sense that the lockdown is not a sentient being that came to their homes and killed them – but it seems real nonetheless .
Accident and Emergency chiefs in London are concerned that more people are dying of non-coronavirus-related illnesses than normal because they are reluctant to leave their homes and be a burden on their local hospital .
They believe there has been a ‘ sharp rise in the number of seriously ill people dying at home ’ .
They report that dozens more people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cardiac arrests , for example , presumably because they do not want to impose upon our locked-down society and what is continually presented to us as a busy , stressed-out health service .
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Paramedics report that they are attending more house calls than normal where patients suffering from cardiac @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are calling 999 far later than they normally would .
Things have got so bad that the NHS has had to issue a statement encouraging gravely ill or very concerned people to continue seeking emergency care .
‘ Anybody who needs urgent help – people experiencing heart failure , or expectant mums worried about their baby – should absolutely come forward and seek help from their local NHS ’ , it said .
This follows a report last week that around half of beds in some English hospitals are currently empty .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Financial Times , that this is because ‘ people may be failing to seek help for… life-threatening conditions during the coronavirus pandemic ’ .
The figures are extraordinary .
In Week 14 of 2019 , there were close to 160,000 emergency admissions to English hospitals ( which was a higher-than-average number ) .
In Week 14 of this year there were around 60,000 .
Solgar Vitamin D3 ( Cho ... Buy New $ 15.00 ( $ 0.12 / Count ) Furthermore , the Office for National Statistics reported a very large @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which was latched on to by the pro-lockdown media and anti-government left as proof of the failings of Boris Johnson ’ s government over Covid-19 .
Yet what far fewer commentators focused on was the fact that out of these extra 6,000 deaths , just over half of them were officially recorded as deaths from or with coronavirus .
That leaves a question mark over more than 2,500 of the extra deaths .
It is entirely possible , of course , that some or even many of these deaths were virus-related but for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But these unclear extra deaths also raise the distinct possibility that the lockdown is harming people ’ s health in a very significant way .
As the BBC reports , it could be that ‘ the lockdown [ is ] having an impact , such as people not seeking treatment for other conditions or mental-health deaths going up ’ .
There seems to be a similar situation in Scotland .
Last week , Scotland ’ s interim chief medical officer Gregor Smith expressed concern about how ‘ eerily quiet ’ the health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases ) .
Scotland recorded 1,741 deaths in the week to the 5 April , which is 643 higher than the average for that week over the past five years .
Yet coronavirus was on the death certificate for just 282 of those extra 643 deaths .
Again , it is very likely that some of the other extra deaths were also virus-related but for some reason were not recorded as such .
But it seems pretty clear that there were also non-virus related ‘ extra deaths ’ – that is , deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that week .
Gregor Smith says the eerie quietness of the health system is ‘ immediately disconcerting ’ because it suggests people are no longer presenting with illnesses .
‘ [ But ] that illness hasn ’ t gone away somewhere ’ , he says .
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Journalists have got to ‘stop asking about an exit strategy’ from the lockdown, said UK health minister Nadine Dorries yesterday. Like others in government, and many in the liberal-left media too, she seems to find questions about the lockdown irritating. Tough. We must keep asking when the lockdown will be eased and phased out, for one very simple reason: the lockdown is having a devastating impact on the economy and on people’s lives. Right now.
There is emerging evidence that people could be dying as a result of the lockdown. It may be an indirect result – in the sense that the lockdown is not a sentient being that came to their homes and killed them – but it seems real nonetheless. Accident and Emergency chiefs in London are concerned that more people are dying of non-coronavirus-related illnesses than normal because they are reluctant to leave their homes and be a burden on their local hospital. They believe there has been a ‘sharp rise in the number of seriously ill people dying at home’. They report that dozens more people than normal are dying at home from cardiac arrests, for example, presumably because they do not want to impose upon our locked-down society and what is continually presented to us as a busy, stressed-out health service. Beyond Good & Evil: Pr... Nietzsche, Friedrich Best Price: $1.99 Buy New $7.00 (as of 03:18 UTC - Details)
The Royal College of GPs says it has noticed a ‘spike’ in the number of people dying at home from salvageable illnesses. Paramedics report that they are attending more house calls than normal where patients suffering from cardiac arrest are already dead – presumably because people are calling 999 far later than they normally would. Things have got so bad that the NHS has had to issue a statement encouraging gravely ill or very concerned people to continue seeking emergency care. ‘Anybody who needs urgent help – people experiencing heart failure, or expectant mums worried about their baby – should absolutely come forward and seek help from their local NHS’, it said.
This follows a report last week that around half of beds in some English hospitals are currently empty. Health officials fear, in the words of the Financial Times, that this is because ‘people may be failing to seek help for… life-threatening conditions during the coronavirus pandemic’. The figures are extraordinary. In Week 14 of 2019, there were close to 160,000 emergency admissions to English hospitals (which was a higher-than-average number). In Week 14 of this year there were around 60,000.
Solgar Vitamin D3 (Cho... Buy New $15.00 ($0.12 / Count) (as of 11:23 UTC - Details) Furthermore, the Office for National Statistics reported a very large spike in weekly deaths last week, which was latched on to by the pro-lockdown media and anti-government left as proof of the failings of Boris Johnson’s government over Covid-19. Yet what far fewer commentators focused on was the fact that out of these extra 6,000 deaths, just over half of them were officially recorded as deaths from or with coronavirus. That leaves a question mark over more than 2,500 of the extra deaths. It is entirely possible, of course, that some or even many of these deaths were virus-related but for some reason were not recorded as such. But these unclear extra deaths also raise the distinct possibility that the lockdown is harming people’s health in a very significant way. As the BBC reports, it could be that ‘the lockdown [is] having an impact, such as people not seeking treatment for other conditions or mental-health deaths going up’.
There seems to be a similar situation in Scotland. Last week, Scotland’s interim chief medical officer Gregor Smith expressed concern about how ‘eerily quiet’ the health system has become (aside from coronavirus cases). Scotland recorded 1,741 deaths in the week to the 5 April, which is 643 higher than the average for that week over the past five years. Yet coronavirus was on the death certificate for just 282 of those extra 643 deaths. Again, it is very likely that some of the other extra deaths were also virus-related but for some reason were not recorded as such. But it seems pretty clear that there were also non-virus related ‘extra deaths’ – that is, deaths that might otherwise not have occurred in that week. Gregor Smith says the eerie quietness of the health system is ‘immediately disconcerting’ because it suggests people are no longer presenting with illnesses. ‘[But] that illness hasn’t gone away somewhere’, he says.
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lewrockwell--2020-04-17--Immunity Certificates: A Load of Nonsense and a Covert Op

—Once again , in this article , I step into the world of official gibberish about the epidemic and the virus and tests and so on .
I point out the internal contradictions in the government position .
And then I step back and look at what they ’ re really up to , in the way of a covert operation .
Let ’ s start with the official word on so-called immunity certificates .
POLITICIO , 4/10 : “ Dr .
Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , revealed Friday the federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immunity from the coronavirus , as the Trump administration works to better identify those who have been infected and restart the U.S. economy in the coming weeks.
” “ The proposal is contingent upon the widespread deployment of antibody tests which the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are in the process of validating in the U.S. , Fauci said.
” An Introduction to Con ... Josh Blackman Best Price : $ 45.64 Buy New $ 18.33 “ Although coronavirus testing thus far has been able to determine if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ antibody tests report whether an asymptomatic person was previously infected but has since recovered [ and is immune ] , potentially allowing them to return to their jobs.
” Now let ’ s take that POLITICO article apart .
Immunity certificates would be issued to people who test POSITIVE on an antibody test .
Meaning : antibodies in a person ’ s body are a sign that he has gained immunity from the coronavirus .
But wait .
How about this ?
Science News , March 27 : “ Science News spoke with…Charles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ College of Medicine , about how antibody tests work and what are some of the challenges of developing the tests.
” “ Cairns : ‘ The big question is : Does a positive response for the antibodies mean that person is actively infected , or that they have been infected in the past [ and are now immune ] … ?
’ ” No Treason : The Consti ... Spooner , Lysander Best Price : $ 16.37 Buy New $ 24.76 In other words , when you penetrate an inch below the surface @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubts , grave doubts about the meaning of a positive antibody test .
It could mean IMMUNE or it could mean INFECTED .
This would be like saying , “ The photo either proves there was a sixteen-car wreck on Highway 5 or it was smooth sailing and there was no accident at all.
” Actually , since 1984 , a positive antibody test has generally been taken to mean the person is infected , has the disease in question .
So why the sudden turnaround now ?
Why are Fauci and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ test signals immunity ?
Answer : Because , with the widespread use of this simple and quick antibody test ( much quicker and easier to perform than the current PCR test ) , a reason is invented for issuing immunity certificates .
And this is what the goal is .
Introduce the population to immunity certificates .
As a tune-up for the underlying operation , which is : The Fourth Turning : An ... Howe , Neil Best Price : $ 7.92 Buy New $ 12.04 Immunity certificates for people who eventually receive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , all vaccines ) .
Just take the COVID-19 vaccine and you ’ ll be immune and you can carry with you a certificate , wherever you go—and you WILL be allowed to go here and there and live a normal life .
With your paper or digital or tattoo immunity certificate .
Whether the certificate plan will be enacted this time around ( COVID-19 ) , or in the next fake pandemic , remains to be seen .
But the IDEA is now firmly planted in the public mind .
You can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the blackboard from the teacher—your certificate to a better life .
Just obey and follow orders .
TAKE THE VACCINE .
Carrot and stick .
Be free , or be limited .
If , indeed , we see a COVID-19 vaccine introduced , another variation on this operation would be : “ Under Emergency regulations , everyone must take the shot.
” But when you do , you ’ ll get your very valuable certificate of immunity .
You ’ ll win a prize .
Isn ’ t that wonderful ?
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And in this article , I haven ’ t discussed questions about what would actually be IN the COVID-19 vaccine .
I took up that subject in a recent piece about DNA vaccines .
The new DNA technology , if introduced , would PERMANENTLY alter the genetic makeup of the vaccine-recipient .
And meanwhile…don ’ t you just love the idea of the government first locking you up , and then “ freeing ” you with an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gate is open for you , sir .
You have your papers .
But you , sir , you must go back .
No papers.
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—Once again, in this article, I step into the world of official gibberish about the epidemic and the virus and tests and so on. I point out the internal contradictions in the government position. And then I step back and look at what they’re really up to, in the way of a covert operation.
Let’s start with the official word on so-called immunity certificates.
POLITICIO, 4/10: “Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, revealed Friday the federal government is considering issuing Americans certificates of immunity from the coronavirus, as the Trump administration works to better identify those who have been infected and restart the U.S. economy in the coming weeks.”
“The proposal is contingent upon the widespread deployment of antibody tests which the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are in the process of validating in the U.S., Fauci said.” An Introduction to Con... Josh Blackman Best Price: $45.64 Buy New $18.33 (as of 05:04 UTC - Details)
“Although coronavirus testing thus far has been able to determine if an individual has an active infection, antibody tests report whether an asymptomatic person was previously infected but has since recovered [and is immune], potentially allowing them to return to their jobs.”
Now let’s take that POLITICO article apart.
Immunity certificates would be issued to people who test POSITIVE on an antibody test. Meaning: antibodies in a person’s body are a sign that he has gained immunity from the coronavirus.
But wait. How about this?
Science News, March 27: “Science News spoke with…Charles Cairns, dean of the Drexel University College of Medicine, about how antibody tests work and what are some of the challenges of developing the tests.”
“Cairns: ‘The big question is: Does a positive response for the antibodies mean that person is actively infected, or that they have been infected in the past [and are now immune]…?’” No Treason: The Consti... Spooner, Lysander Best Price: $16.37 Buy New $24.76 (as of 05:04 UTC - Details)
What??
In other words, when you penetrate an inch below the surface, you find there are even official/mainstream doubts, grave doubts about the meaning of a positive antibody test. It could mean IMMUNE or it could mean INFECTED.
This would be like saying, “The photo either proves there was a sixteen-car wreck on Highway 5 or it was smooth sailing and there was no accident at all.”
Actually, since 1984, a positive antibody test has generally been taken to mean the person is infected, has the disease in question.
So why the sudden turnaround now? Why are Fauci and other government officials claiming that a positive antibody test signals immunity?
Answer: Because, with the widespread use of this simple and quick antibody test (much quicker and easier to perform than the current PCR test), a reason is invented for issuing immunity certificates. And this is what the goal is. Introduce the population to immunity certificates. As a tune-up for the underlying operation, which is: The Fourth Turning: An... Howe, Neil Best Price: $7.92 Buy New $12.04 (as of 08:30 UTC - Details)
Immunity certificates for people who eventually receive vaccinations against COVID-19 (and, finally, all vaccines).
Just take the COVID-19 vaccine and you’ll be immune and you can carry with you a certificate, wherever you go—and you WILL be allowed to go here and there and live a normal life. With your paper or digital or tattoo immunity certificate.
Whether the certificate plan will be enacted this time around (COVID-19), or in the next fake pandemic, remains to be seen. But the IDEA is now firmly planted in the public mind. You can win a “gold star” on the blackboard from the teacher—your certificate to a better life. Just obey and follow orders. TAKE THE VACCINE.
Carrot and stick. Be free, or be limited.
If, indeed, we see a COVID-19 vaccine introduced, another variation on this operation would be: “Under Emergency regulations, everyone must take the shot.” But when you do, you’ll get your very valuable certificate of immunity. You’ll win a prize. Isn’t that wonderful?
No. It isn’t.
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It’s all about CONTROL.
And in this article, I haven’t discussed questions about what would actually be IN the COVID-19 vaccine. I took up that subject in a recent piece about DNA vaccines. The new DNA technology, if introduced, would PERMANENTLY alter the genetic makeup of the vaccine-recipient.
And meanwhile…don’t you just love the idea of the government first locking you up, and then “freeing” you with an official seal of approval?
“The gate is open for you, sir. You have your papers. But you, sir, you must go back. No papers.”
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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lewrockwell--2020-04-17--German Lawyer Sent to Psychiatric Ward for Organizing Protest Against COVID-19 Lockdown

In the Soviet Union , activists were sent to state psychiatric wards .
According to the state , any and all opposition to government policy was considered a form of mental illness .
Stephanie Buck writes about the treatment of the “ social parasite ” Joseph Brodsky .
It is not likely German lawyer Beate Bahner will be tortured like Brodsky .
However , that does not make her arrest and forced confinement in a mental institution any less egregious .
Prior to her arrest , which she resisted , Bahner ’ s website was shut down at the request @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the newspaper .
Reinventing Collapse : ... Dmitry Orlov Best Price : $ 3.92 Buy New $ 1.99 In America , the state has yet to lock dissidents up in mental institutions , although police have threatened people for attending church services and disobeying social distancing mandates .
In Mississippi , parishioners were fined $ 500 for attending a drive-in church service .
In Massachusetts , the governor and local government control freaks ordered citizens to wear masks .
The city of Lynn imposed a mandatory curfew .
Authorities in Minneapolis charged twenty-three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australia and Britain , police are fining citizens for daring to go outside ( doing so in Queensland will result in a $ 100k fine ) .
The dictator president of the Philippines , Rodrigo Duterte , has ordered police and the military to shoot and kill all in violation of an iron-fisted lockdown .
As a nation-wide lockdown and draconian measures destroy business , jobs , and lives , people are beginning to resist .
In Michigan , protesters gathered outside the state capitol to denounce Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the police denounced a protest against lockdown as “ non-essential activity , ” a direct violation of the First Amendment .
Protesters angry with Gov .
Mike DeWine ’ s lockdown order interrupted a coronavirus briefing at the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday .
Officialdom has warned lockdowns may be in place until a vaccine is manufactured , possibly 18 months from now .
This is a sure recipe for civil unrest and violence .
It is not feasible for millions of people—and billions around the world—to endure lockdown and other authoritarian measures , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state has moved to declare opposition to the destruction of civilization a mental illness .
As more people resist mass house arrest and enforced privation , the state will undoubtedly resort to measures above and beyond locking activists up in mental institutions .
NORAD and the Pentagon have planned for civil unrest for some time .
The military is now engaged in a PR campaign to “ reassure the public ” that it will use the appropriate protective equipment as it prepares to put down inevitable uprisings .
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In the Soviet Union, activists were sent to state psychiatric wards. According to the state, any and all opposition to government policy was considered a form of mental illness.
Stephanie Buck writes about the treatment of the “social parasite” Joseph Brodsky.
In 1963, Russian poet Joseph Brodsky was seized and sent to a mental institution… Hospital workers pumped him with tranquilizers and repeatedly woke him during the night. He was given cold baths and wrapped in wet canvas that shrank and cut his skin while drying.
It is not likely German lawyer Beate Bahner will be tortured like Brodsky. However, that does not make her arrest and forced confinement in a mental institution any less egregious.
It has begun: German medical lawyer Beate Bahner, who has been committed to a psychiatric institution for publicly disagreeing with lockdown.https://t.co/N1IGdNdScE — Welsh hill farmer (@FreeWales) April 14, 2020
“Bahner had become known in the past few days with a call for nationwide demonstrations and an urgent application for the abolition of all corona protective measures,” reports Welt. “The [medical specialist] lawyer from Heidelberg considers the corona rules to be excessive and advocates for them to be abolished.”
Prior to her arrest, which she resisted, Bahner’s website was shut down at the request of the Mannheim police, according to the newspaper.
Hundreds pour onto the streets of Berlin to protest. Protest to end the lockdown #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/DLrdEW2xy3 — World Updates (@Rntk____) April 14, 2020
Reinventing Collapse: ... Dmitry Orlov Best Price: $3.92 Buy New $1.99 (as of 10:45 UTC - Details) In America, the state has yet to lock dissidents up in mental institutions, although police have threatened people for attending church services and disobeying social distancing mandates.
In Mississippi, parishioners were fined $500 for attending a drive-in church service. In Massachusetts, the governor and local government control freaks ordered citizens to wear masks. The city of Lynn imposed a mandatory curfew. Authorities in Minneapolis charged twenty-three people with violating stay-at-home orders.
In Australia and Britain, police are fining citizens for daring to go outside (doing so in Queensland will result in a $100k fine). The dictator president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has ordered police and the military to shoot and kill all in violation of an iron-fisted lockdown.
As a nation-wide lockdown and draconian measures destroy business, jobs, and lives, people are beginning to resist.
In Michigan, protesters gathered outside the state capitol to denounce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s lockdown.
“We do not agree with or consent to our unalienable rights being restricted or rescinded for any reason, including the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Michigan United for Liberty on its Facebook page.
Wow. The Michigan anti-lockdown Facebook group gained another 45,000+ followers yesterday and is now close to 310,000, ~4% of the state’s adult population. Wonder how many will show up for the protest. — Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) April 14, 2020
#stopthelockdown #TheRealDonaldTrump
This will only get worse until we reverse course on this lockdown. Which is destroying our economy, everything America stands for around freedom, and peoples livelihood.https://t.co/OiEmRx8Ihg — Troy (@Yortious) April 13, 2020
In Raleigh, North Carolina the police denounced a protest against lockdown as “non-essential activity,” a direct violation of the First Amendment.
I wanted to believe this was a joke or a hoax – @raleighpolice calling a protest a “non-essential activity” and arresting someone for speaking out against the state’s lockdown. But it is as real as Stalin. pic.twitter.com/d8Z0UqquIS — Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) April 14, 2020
Protesters angry with Gov. Mike DeWine’s lockdown order interrupted a coronavirus briefing at the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday.
Officialdom has warned lockdowns may be in place until a vaccine is manufactured, possibly 18 months from now. This is a sure recipe for civil unrest and violence. It is not feasible for millions of people—and billions around the world—to endure lockdown and other authoritarian measures, possibly indefinitely.
In Germany, the state has moved to declare opposition to the destruction of civilization a mental illness. As more people resist mass house arrest and enforced privation, the state will undoubtedly resort to measures above and beyond locking activists up in mental institutions.
NORAD and the Pentagon have planned for civil unrest for some time. The military is now engaged in a PR campaign to “reassure the public” that it will use the appropriate protective equipment as it prepares to put down inevitable uprisings.
NORAD Wants Photos of Troops to ‘Reassure the Public’
Seeks photos of troops in US wearing proper protective equipment#NORAD #Coronavirus #Covid19https://t.co/jGffoD885Y pic.twitter.com/hL9sI0pt9f — Antiwar.com (@Antiwarcom) April 14, 2020
The original source of this article is Global Research.
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lewrockwell--2020-04-17--The Controversy Over Who Is Responsible for Coronavirus Is Heating Up

Let ’ s hope the Neoconservatives and American presstitutes don ’ t add a conflict with China to the ongoing virus and economic threats .
See this and this .
First , is the virus a bioweapon ?
Second who is responsible ?
Two sources concluded that the virus was a bioweapon .
One is Francis Boyle , who drafted the US implementing legislation for the Biowarfare Convention that became US law in , I believe , 1989 .
Boyle says the US government violates the law and has 13,000 scientists working on biowarfare research .
Boyle said in February @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was done at a UNC lab at which a Wuhan scientist was present , and the HIV features were done in Australia where a Wuhan scientist was present .
He says the scientists took the work back with them and the result was Covid-19 .
Also in February or March a scientific paper by scientists in India concluded that the virus was man-made .
Their paper was taken down without explanation .
A top virologist , whose statements to the Belgium government concerning the inadequacy of the government ’ s response to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , tells me that the Indian scientists were mistaken , and that the virus is naturally evolved .
As he is not involved in bioweapons work , I do not think he is covering up illegal activity by US and Chinese governments .
He shows in his public concern every indication of being a highly principled person of unquestioned ability and character .
Moreover , his position seems to be widely shared among experts .
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It is clear from news reports that the US contributed millions of dollars to the Wuhan level 4 lab for research having to do with bats and coronavirus .
What this research was , we don ’ t know .
We only know what they say .
But the US government was aware of the bat coronavirus research and helped to fund it .
There was also a report that after the virus outbreak the president of China suddenly removed the top people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charge a woman who was an expert virologist .
The Chinese president XI thought something had gone wrong at the lab and said it was the duty of the government to protect the people .
We also know that various Chinese officials and press said the Americans had brought the virus with them when they came to Wuhan to participate in the military games .
The Chinese did not mean on purpose , but that someone among the US team was infected without having symptoms , often a feature of the virus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ health officials seemed to acknowledge that the virus might have been active in the US before it broke lose in a mass way .
We also know that Trump and now the neoconservative warmongers are blaming China for keeping quiet too long about the virus .
This claim as far as I can tell is false .
It seems to be mainly propaganda against China .
We also have had reports that a US military lab in Texas was suddenly closed out of pathogen concerns by the Obama regime .
How all this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t know .
As the Democrats are blaming Trump for the virus , Trump blames China as that aligns the Democrats with the “ enemy ” China and is a way of showing that the Democrats are covering up for “ Communist China ” by shifting the blame to the president of the US .
The politics of the virus will make it difficult for the truth to emerge .
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Let’s hope the Neoconservatives and American presstitutes don’t add a conflict with China to the ongoing virus and economic threats. See this and this.
First, is the virus a bioweapon? Second who is responsible?
Two sources concluded that the virus was a bioweapon. One is Francis Boyle, who drafted the US implementing legislation for the Biowarfare Convention that became US law in, I believe, 1989. Boyle says the US government violates the law and has 13,000 scientists working on biowarfare research. Boyle said in February that the gainer function of the virus was done at a UNC lab at which a Wuhan scientist was present, and the HIV features were done in Australia where a Wuhan scientist was present. He says the scientists took the work back with them and the result was Covid-19. Also in February or March a scientific paper by scientists in India concluded that the virus was man-made. Their paper was taken down without explanation.
A top virologist, whose statements to the Belgium government concerning the inadequacy of the government’s response to the virus I have posted on my website, tells me that the Indian scientists were mistaken, and that the virus is naturally evolved. As he is not involved in bioweapons work, I do not think he is covering up illegal activity by US and Chinese governments. He shows in his public concern every indication of being a highly principled person of unquestioned ability and character. Moreover, his position seems to be widely shared among experts. The Tyranny of Good In... Paul Craig Roberts, La... Best Price: $6.96 Buy New $8.95 (as of 07:10 UTC - Details)
As for responsibility, it seems both China and the US are responsible. It is clear from news reports that the US contributed millions of dollars to the Wuhan level 4 lab for research having to do with bats and coronavirus. What this research was, we don’t know. We only know what they say. But the US government was aware of the bat coronavirus research and helped to fund it. There was also a report that after the virus outbreak the president of China suddenly removed the top people at the Wuhan facility and put in charge a woman who was an expert virologist. The Chinese president XI thought something had gone wrong at the lab and said it was the duty of the government to protect the people.
We also know that various Chinese officials and press said the Americans had brought the virus with them when they came to Wuhan to participate in the military games. The Chinese did not mean on purpose, but that someone among the US team was infected without having symptoms, often a feature of the virus. There was some discussion in which US health officials seemed to acknowledge that the virus might have been active in the US before it broke lose in a mass way.
We also know that Trump and now the neoconservative warmongers are blaming China for keeping quiet too long about the virus. This claim as far as I can tell is false. It seems to be mainly propaganda against China.
We also have had reports that a US military lab in Texas was suddenly closed out of pathogen concerns by the Obama regime.
How all this fits together or doesn’t I don’t know.
As the Democrats are blaming Trump for the virus, Trump blames China as that aligns the Democrats with the “enemy” China and is a way of showing that the Democrats are covering up for “Communist China” by shifting the blame to the president of the US.
The politics of the virus will make it difficult for the truth to emerge.
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