Republicans say they can safely reopen parts of the economy, while Democrats say the effort is premature.| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Many hundreds of thousands of infections will happen — but they don't all have to happen at once.| Live Science
Europe’s best-selling newspaper announced this weekend that the lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic was a “huge mistake.”| Breitbart
Sweden did not have a lockdown. Experts predicted that it would have 40,000 COVID-19 deaths by May 1. The actual number was 2,769. The Telegraph just reported: How Sweden suppressed infection rates…| Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog
As part of the panic that has been overwhelming the world because of COVID-19, one of the typical lies that is being spread is that the epidemic is going to overwhelm the world’s healthcare systems. This CNN article from yesterday, entitled “‘That’s when all hell broke loose’: Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals”, is typical:| Behind The Black - Robert Zimmerman
While many state governors across the United States dawdle and hesitate about lifting their panic-induced lock downs on their states out of fear it might cause a few more Wuhan virus deaths, the real devastation from their panic is propagating uncontrolled across the landscape, and will in the end kill far far more people.| Behind The Black - Robert Zimmerman
First we were told that it was necessary to impose “social distancing rules” and shut down the economy for a few weeks in order to prevent the healthcare system from being overwhelmed by a sudden influx of COVID-19 cases, predicted to possibly be in the millions. From a typical panicked news report on March 16:| Behind The Black - Robert Zimmerman