Most amazing of all is how the media has conferred expert status on certain politicians, as if New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo or Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were qualified to deliver scientific lectures on preventing the spread of contagious disease.
How effective were state-by-state lockdown orders in reducing the spread of the infection? The talking heads on cable-TV news express almost unanimous certainty that these stay-at-home orders have saved many thousands of lives, but where is the proof of such claims? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis didn't issue a statewide lockdown order until April 1, nearly two weeks later than Cuomo ordered a lockdown in New York.
The per-capita number of coronavirus cases in Florida is about 90 percent lower than in New York, and Florida's death rate is 96 percent lower.
Florida's governor is a Republican, and therefore a villain to liberals, despite the fact that his state's coronavirus outbreak is 90 percent smaller than New York's, where the Democrat Cuomo is celebrated as a hero.
Cuomo went on to say that, while he expected to "Find community spread" of the disease in New York eventually, he did not wish to provoke unnecessary fear: "What I am concerned about more than a health issue, is the perception issue and the fear issue. I understand diligence and I understand anxiety and let's do everything we can. But you can't allow the fear to outpace reality, right?".
Why is the media's Greek chorus not heaping blame on Cuomo? You don't need an advanced degree in epidemiology to know the answer to that question, but Cuomo claims to have been guided by science all along, and insists that only with a massive testing program will it be possible to end the shutdown regime.
As interesting as it will be to learn the results of the large-scale antibody testing New York plans, the rest of the country won't wait for permission from Cuomo to begin their own step-by-step approach to resuming normal life.
https://spectator.org/the-superstition-of-science/
How effective were state-by-state lockdown orders in reducing the spread of the infection? The talking heads on cable-TV news express almost unanimous certainty that these stay-at-home orders have saved many thousands of lives, but where is the proof of such claims? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis didn't issue a statewide lockdown order until April 1, nearly two weeks later than Cuomo ordered a lockdown in New York.
The per-capita number of coronavirus cases in Florida is about 90 percent lower than in New York, and Florida's death rate is 96 percent lower.
Florida's governor is a Republican, and therefore a villain to liberals, despite the fact that his state's coronavirus outbreak is 90 percent smaller than New York's, where the Democrat Cuomo is celebrated as a hero.
Cuomo went on to say that, while he expected to "Find community spread" of the disease in New York eventually, he did not wish to provoke unnecessary fear: "What I am concerned about more than a health issue, is the perception issue and the fear issue. I understand diligence and I understand anxiety and let's do everything we can. But you can't allow the fear to outpace reality, right?".
Why is the media's Greek chorus not heaping blame on Cuomo? You don't need an advanced degree in epidemiology to know the answer to that question, but Cuomo claims to have been guided by science all along, and insists that only with a massive testing program will it be possible to end the shutdown regime.
As interesting as it will be to learn the results of the large-scale antibody testing New York plans, the rest of the country won't wait for permission from Cuomo to begin their own step-by-step approach to resuming normal life.
https://spectator.org/the-superstition-of-science/
No comments:
Post a Comment