The U.S. infection rate obscures something crucially important: Despite the high U.S. rate, six major European countries have a higher per-capita death rate than the U.S., and a couple of others are on about the same level.Updated: July 1, 2020 - 8:15amWith the number of reported coronavirus infections rising in the U.S., . The ban would remain in effect until the U.S. infection rate falls to a level comparable to or lower than the European rate and the number of new cases nationwide starts trending downward.  Although the guidance approved by the European Council is...…The U.S. infection rate obscures something crucially important: Despite the high U.S. rate, six major European countries have a higher per-capita death rate than the U.S., and a couple of others are on about the same level.Updated: July 1, 2020 - 8:15amWith the number of reported coronavirus infections rising in the U.S., . The ban would remain in effect until the U.S. infection rate falls to a level comparable to or lower than the European rate and the number of new cases nationwide starts trending downward.  Although the guidance approved by the European Council is...WW…

From heterosexual transmission of AIDS to the threats of Avian Flu H5N1 and the Zika virus, the NIAID director has warned of nightmare scenarios for decades.Updated: June 13, 2020 - 1:05pmDr. Anthony Fauci says Covid-19 is “.”It might be his worst, but it's certainly not his first. He has spent his professional career warning of nightmare scenarios, many which never materialized.Nobody did more to kick off the U.S. AIDS alarm than Fauci, who was sole author of a in which he declared the disease might be transmissible by “routine close contact, as within a family household.” Fauci...…From heterosexual transmission of AIDS to the threats of Avian Flu H5N1 and the Zika virus, the NIAID director has warned of nightmare scenarios for decades.Updated: June 13, 2020 - 1:05pmDr. Anthony Fauci says Covid-19 is “.”It might be his worst, but it's certainly not his first. He has spent his professional career warning of nightmare scenarios, many which never materialized.Nobody did more to kick off the U.S. AIDS alarm than Fauci, who was sole author of a in which he declared the disease might be transmissible by “routine close contact, as within a family household.” Fauci...WW…

From the start, the public health establishment has projected an air of certitude in its advice and policy prescriptions on COVID-19 belied by a record of error on many of the central questions.Updated: July 31, 2020 - 10:25amTime and again throughout the coronavirus pandemic you've heard it. As public health authorities and state and local elected officials blanketed the nation with restrictions on public mobility and assembly, work and worship, they waved aside doubts and objections with the assurance that they were simply following the “data and the science”; this as if data are always...…From the start, the public health establishment has projected an air of certitude in its advice and policy prescriptions on COVID-19 belied by a record of error on many of the central questions.Updated: July 31, 2020 - 10:25amTime and again throughout the coronavirus pandemic you've heard it. As public health authorities and state and local elected officials blanketed the nation with restrictions on public mobility and assembly, work and worship, they waved aside doubts and objections with the assurance that they were simply following the “data and the science”; this as if data are always...WW…

By not locking down, the Nordic outlier has in effect 'front-loaded' its deaths and decreased those deaths later on.Updated: May 19, 2020 - 11:42amSweden managed to stay out of both major conflicts of the 20th Century, but now finds itself alone in a massive propaganda war. Over COVID-19.The Nordic country has refused to resort to the sort of lockdown embraced by much (although not all) of the rest of the world. Under the design of chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, “Sweden shut only its high schools and colleges, kept its preschools, grade schools, pubs, restaurants and borders open —...…By not locking down, the Nordic outlier has in effect 'front-loaded' its deaths and decreased those deaths later on.Updated: May 19, 2020 - 11:42amSweden managed to stay out of both major conflicts of the 20th Century, but now finds itself alone in a massive propaganda war. Over COVID-19.The Nordic country has refused to resort to the sort of lockdown embraced by much (although not all) of the rest of the world. Under the design of chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, “Sweden shut only its high schools and colleges, kept its preschools, grade schools, pubs, restaurants and borders open —...WW…

'The frustration and anger at the lockdowns and the perception that blacks are getting the worst of it' made the rioters a seething mass waiting to explode, says medical sociologist Robert Bartholomew.Updated: June 4, 2020 - 12:22pmThe “George Floyd Riots.” That’s how they are known in the mainstream media narrative, and likely how they will be remembered by history. Certainly, George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white Minnesota police officer was the spark that set off what may be the most widespread riots in U.S. history. But sparks go nowhere without fuel. In the provocative...…'The frustration and anger at the lockdowns and the perception that blacks are getting the worst of it' made the rioters a seething mass waiting to explode, says medical sociologist Robert Bartholomew.Updated: June 4, 2020 - 12:22pmThe “George Floyd Riots.” That’s how they are known in the mainstream media narrative, and likely how they will be remembered by history. Certainly, George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white Minnesota police officer was the spark that set off what may be the most widespread riots in U.S. history. But sparks go nowhere without fuel. In the provocative...WW…

Popular topicsLatest ContributorsLatest IssuesIn response to “”-1980s, Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, delivered a talk at my campus. After his presentation, Roddenberry fielded questions from the audience. One of the students asked him about the future of manned space travel. Roddenberry replied that the idea just did not make sense to him. Space exploration, he explained, is a job for machines, not humans. You could have heard the boos from the sold-out auditorium on Ceti Alpha V. Coming from the creator of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Lieutenant Uhura, and Mr. Sulu, this response...…Popular topicsLatest ContributorsLatest IssuesIn response to “”-1980s, Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, delivered a talk at my campus. After his presentation, Roddenberry fielded questions from the audience. One of the students asked him about the future of manned space travel. Roddenberry replied that the idea just did not make sense to him. Space exploration, he explained, is a job for machines, not humans. You could have heard the boos from the sold-out auditorium on Ceti Alpha V. Coming from the creator of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Lieutenant Uhura, and Mr. Sulu, this response...WW…

MenuFauci Finally, Falsely, Invokes the ‘Spanish Flu’It’s not the first time he’s cried wolf about a disease.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressen years ago I published called “No More Crying ‘Spanish Flu,’ ” in part because with every pandemic or potential pandemic that’s exactly what public health service gurus and the media were doing. And in part because the comparison to the was always ludicrous, based not on science but primal fear.Well, it’s happened again. And this time the klaxon-ringer is no less than the nation’s top health official, National Institutes of Allergies...…MenuFauci Finally, Falsely, Invokes the ‘Spanish Flu’It’s not the first time he’s cried wolf about a disease.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressen years ago I published called “No More Crying ‘Spanish Flu,’ ” in part because with every pandemic or potential pandemic that’s exactly what public health service gurus and the media were doing. And in part because the comparison to the was always ludicrous, based not on science but primal fear.Well, it’s happened again. And this time the klaxon-ringer is no less than the nation’s top health official, National Institutes of Allergies...WW…

A CNN reporter broadcasts from Wuhan, China, on the recent viral outbreak. There is nobody near who could possibly infect him ­— unless the cameraman has Guinness Book of Records coughs and sneezes. So why does he insist on wearing a blue surgical mask while talking?It’s called “drama,” which is badly needed, because there about this outbreak of the 2019-nCoV or Wuhan ­virus. It should actually be called the DvV, or Déjà vu Virus, because we have been through these hysterias before. Over and over. Heterosexual AIDS, Ebola repeatedly, the H1N1 swine flu that was actually vastly milder than...…A CNN reporter broadcasts from Wuhan, China, on the recent viral outbreak. There is nobody near who could possibly infect him ­— unless the cameraman has Guinness Book of Records coughs and sneezes. So why does he insist on wearing a blue surgical mask while talking?It’s called “drama,” which is badly needed, because there about this outbreak of the 2019-nCoV or Wuhan ­virus. It should actually be called the DvV, or Déjà vu Virus, because we have been through these hysterias before. Over and over. Heterosexual AIDS, Ebola repeatedly, the H1N1 swine flu that was actually vastly milder than...WW…