We Got Here Because of Cowardice. We Get Out With Courage by Bari Weiss

 We Got Here Because of Cowardice. We Get Out With Courage by Bari Weiss 

George Orwell said that “the further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” In an age of lies, telling the truth is high risk. It comes with a cost. But it is our moral obligation.

It is our duty to resist the crowd in this age of mob thinking. It is our duty to think freely in an age of conformity. It is our duty to speak truth in an age of lies. 

This bravery isn’t the last or only step in opposing this revolution—it’s just the first. After that must come honest assessments of why America was vulnerable to start with, and an aggressive commitment to rebuilding the economy and society in ways that once again offer life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to the greatest number of Americans.

But let’s start with a little courage.

Courage means, first off, the unqualified rejection of lies. Do not speak untruths, either about yourself or anyone else, no matter the comfort offered by the mob. And do not genially accept the lies told to you. If possible, be vocal in rejecting claims you know to be false. Courage can be contagious, and your example may serve as a means of transmission.

This woman is absolutely right. It's time to stop living in fear and promulgating lies.

The Fickle ‘Science’ of Lockdowns by Phillip W. Magness and Peter C. Earle

 The Fickle ‘Science’ of Lockdowns by Phillip W. Magness and Peter C. Earle 

So why did public-health authorities abandon their opposition to lockdowns? Why did they rush to embrace the untested claims of flawed epidemiological modeling? One answer appears in the Johns Hopkins study from 2019: “Some NPIs, such as travel restrictions and quarantine, might be pursued for social or political purposes by political leaders, rather than pursued because of public health evidence.”

Our "experts" panicked. They did what is best for them. Effectiveness against Covid was never a concern.

The CDC’s Flawed Case for Wearing Masks in School Science by David Zweig

 The CDC’s Flawed Case for Wearing Masks in School Science by David Zweig 

With Biden in the White House, the CDC has promised to “follow the science” in its COVID policies. Yet the circumstances around the Arizona study seem to show the opposite. Dubious research has been cited after the fact, without transparency, in support of existing agency guidance. “Research requires trust and the ability to verify work,” Ketcham, the ASU public-health economist, told me. “That’s the heart of science. The saddest part of this is the erosion of trust.”

More evidence that the CDC is operating according to CYA not actually concern for stopping the spread of Covid.