Source: The Wall Street Journal (behind paywall).

Economist Stephen Moore floats a proposal today that makes a lot of sense:

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Source: The Great Barrington Declaration.

“As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection.”

Some background is available here.

I support the declaration.

Source: The Burning Platform.

I am not aghast over the system of government by lobby the article describes. I have four reactions.

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“Biden is a good man. Donald Trump is not.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-actually-believes-he-can-sell-himself-to-america-as-a-covid-conquering-hero

I think this explains Mr. Trump’s pitiful attempt to look strong and resolute on the White House portico as he defiantly removed his mask and struck a defiant pose. Of course, the effect was ruined by the fact that he was very visibly fighting for every breath.

I think that defiant gesture is not playing the way he hopes. When he removed that mask and then entered the residence a lot of people saw a self-centered, science-denying jerk endangering the people around him. That is NOT a good look. IMHO.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/10/05/cdc-coronavirus-airborne-transmission/?wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_news__alert-hse–alert-national&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNTk2ZDMyMjRhZTdlOGE0NGU3MDE4YTQwIiwidGFnIjoid3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vaGVhbHRoLzIwMjAvMTAvMDUvY2RjLWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLWFpcmJvcm5lLXRyYW5zbWlzc2lvbi8_d3Btaz0xJndwaXNyYz1hbF9uZXdzX19hbGVydC1oc2UtLWFsZXJ0LW5hdGlvbmFsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YWxlcnQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249d3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUmbG9jYXRpb249YWxlcnQifQ.XMWsjhsGB9kRRgym-Hml9BHVNIw3gbxdcXUNUgARpUw

If this story is blocked, the essence of it is that the virus is mainly transmitted by droplets coming directly from a carrier’s coughs, sneezes or just their exhalations. Six feet of separation allows gravity to pull those droplets to the ground. BUT, in a closed indoor space, the virus can also ride on an aerosol – extremely tiny droplets that can float in the air for minutes or even hours. Hundreds or thousands of people not wearing masks and cheering wildly can generate such a miasma. This may be how Trump got infected in spite of otherwise stringent precautions.

https://gen.medium.com/i-lived-through-collapse-america-is-already-there-ba1e4b54c5fc

Food for thought.

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html

This encyclical letter leaves no doubt how Catholics should vote in the coming election. If they truly believe that God inspires the choice of the person that best represents the moral teachings of the Church to be Pope. If they do not believe that, then are they actually Catholics?

Source: American Thinker.

The writer’s answer is bit too contrarian in my view: “Because the measures the so-called experts keep blathering about, wearing face masks and social distancing, are next to useless.”

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How Hatred Came To Dominate American Politics

It is a neutral observation of the nationalization of politics and its effects. Importantly, it bodes poorly for the damaging effects on our Democratic system of governance.

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