>>>>>>In the early days of the lockdown, Amazon experimented with curating which books they would and would not publish on the crisis. Or call it what it really is, given our times: censorship. Among the first books hit was AIER’s own . The publication was delayed for weeks, then the Kindle edition was stopped for several more weeks. Still, the publication date is now listed as March 28, 2020, meaning that AIER had one of the first, if not the first, book out on the topic, just two weeks after the lockdowns began. In the meantime, Amazon has loosened up, perhaps...…>>>>>>In the early days of the lockdown, Amazon experimented with curating which books they would and would not publish on the crisis. Or call it what it really is, given our times: censorship. Among the first books hit was AIER’s own . The publication was delayed for weeks, then the Kindle edition was stopped for several more weeks. Still, the publication date is now listed as March 28, 2020, meaning that AIER had one of the first, if not the first, book out on the topic, just two weeks after the lockdowns began. In the meantime, Amazon has loosened up, perhaps...WW…

>>>>Going to the grocery store in Massachusetts in 2020 guaranteed you would breathe heaps of sanitizer. A full-time employee scrubbed down shopping carts between customers. Conveyor belts at the checkout counter were blasted and wiped between every sale. Glass surfaces were sprayed as often as possible. The plastic keypads on credit machines were not only covered in plastic – why putting plastic on plastic stopped Covid was never clear – but also sprayed between uses. Employees would carefully watch your hands to see what you touched, and as you exited the space would...…>>>>Going to the grocery store in Massachusetts in 2020 guaranteed you would breathe heaps of sanitizer. A full-time employee scrubbed down shopping carts between customers. Conveyor belts at the checkout counter were blasted and wiped between every sale. Glass surfaces were sprayed as often as possible. The plastic keypads on credit machines were not only covered in plastic – why putting plastic on plastic stopped Covid was never clear – but also sprayed between uses. Employees would carefully watch your hands to see what you touched, and as you exited the space would...WW…

>>>>>>>>In 2020, Florida took the lead in rejecting lockdowns. The effort was led by Governor Ron DeSantis, who in the course of the pandemic became a master of knowledge and erudition on matters of public health and the cell biological issues concerning immunity. In removing mandates and restrictions, he was under the influence of the signatories of the along with public health scholar Scott Atlas. The efforts in Florida to protect the elderly while permitting the rest of society to function normally led to a success that has been celebrated the world over. It...…>>>>>>>>In 2020, Florida took the lead in rejecting lockdowns. The effort was led by Governor Ron DeSantis, who in the course of the pandemic became a master of knowledge and erudition on matters of public health and the cell biological issues concerning immunity. In removing mandates and restrictions, he was under the influence of the signatories of the along with public health scholar Scott Atlas. The efforts in Florida to protect the elderly while permitting the rest of society to function normally led to a success that has been celebrated the world over. It...WW…

>>>>>>The paper of record in 2020 shifted dramatically to the most illiberal stance possible on the virus, pushing for full lockdowns, and ignoring or burying any information that might contradict the case for this unprecedented experiment in social and economic control. This article highlights the exceptions. The first shocking sign of the placing of a persistent bias was a with reporter Donald McNeil on February 27. This was the beginning. It was grossly irresponsible. He asserted that half the American public would get this disease and that it would have a case...…>>>>>>The paper of record in 2020 shifted dramatically to the most illiberal stance possible on the virus, pushing for full lockdowns, and ignoring or burying any information that might contradict the case for this unprecedented experiment in social and economic control. This article highlights the exceptions. The first shocking sign of the placing of a persistent bias was a with reporter Donald McNeil on February 27. This was the beginning. It was grossly irresponsible. He asserted that half the American public would get this disease and that it would have a case...WW…

>>>>Maybe you have some sense that something fishy is going on? Same. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. Coronavirus lived on surfaces until it didn’t. Masks didn’t work until they did, then they did not. There is asymptomatic transmission, except there isn’t. Lockdowns work to control the virus except they do not. All these people are sick without symptoms until, whoops, PCR tests are wildly inaccurate because they were never intended to be diagnostic tools. Everyone is in danger of the virus except they aren’t. It spreads in schools except it doesn’t. On it goes....…>>>>Maybe you have some sense that something fishy is going on? Same. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. Coronavirus lived on surfaces until it didn’t. Masks didn’t work until they did, then they did not. There is asymptomatic transmission, except there isn’t. Lockdowns work to control the virus except they do not. All these people are sick without symptoms until, whoops, PCR tests are wildly inaccurate because they were never intended to be diagnostic tools. Everyone is in danger of the virus except they aren’t. It spreads in schools except it doesn’t. On it goes....WW…

>>>>>>Most people today regard America’s experiment with alcohol prohibition as a national embarrassment, rightly repealed in 1933. So it will be with the closures and lockdowns of 2020, someday. In 1920, however, to be for the repeal of the prohibition that was passed took courage. You were arguing against prevailing opinion backed by celebratory scientists and exalted social thinkers. What you were saying flew in the face of “expert consensus.”There is an obvious analogy to Lockdowns 2020. My first inkling of this prohibition history came in reading transcripts...…>>>>>>Most people today regard America’s experiment with alcohol prohibition as a national embarrassment, rightly repealed in 1933. So it will be with the closures and lockdowns of 2020, someday. In 1920, however, to be for the repeal of the prohibition that was passed took courage. You were arguing against prevailing opinion backed by celebratory scientists and exalted social thinkers. What you were saying flew in the face of “expert consensus.”There is an obvious analogy to Lockdowns 2020. My first inkling of this prohibition history came in reading transcripts...WW…

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250 Division Street | PO Box 1000Great Barrington, MA 01230-1000Telephone: 1-888-528-1216 | Fax: 1-413-528-0103Press and other media outlets contact888-528-1216AIS is a fully owned subsidiary of AIERThis work is licensed under a , except where copyright is otherwise reserved.© 2021 American Institute for Economic ResearchAIER is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 04-2121305…250 Division Street | PO Box 1000Great Barrington, MA 01230-1000Telephone: 1-888-528-1216 | Fax: 1-413-528-0103Press and other media outlets contact888-528-1216AIS is a fully owned subsidiary of AIERThis work is licensed under a , except where copyright is otherwise reserved.© 2021 American Institute for Economic ResearchAIER is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 04-2121305WW…