Over the last few months, I’ve heard many of my physician colleagues lament how difficult it is to buy a house–something I never heard prior to COVID. Given that physicians are some of the highest wage earners in the country (the lowest paying specialties all make it to the top 5% income bracket), this is… Read More »
Emerging statistics on excess mortality rates paint an alarming picture. Far more people died in 2021, after the rollout of the COVID shots, and in 2022, than during the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020. I will review some of those shocking statistics — which are mirrored around the world — in a moment.… Read More »
Were the lockdowns a mistake? To that nagging question, the answer increasingly seems to be yes. Certainly, they were a novelty. As novelist Lionel Shriver writes, “We’ve never before responded to a contagion by closing down whole countries.” As I noted in May, the 1957-58 Asian flu killed between 75,000 and 116,000 people in the… Read More »
Italy produced 10% less garbage during its coronavirus lockdown, thanks to a drop in consumption By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press August 16, 2020, 6:25 AM 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article ROME — Italy produced 10% less garbage during its coronavirus lockdown, but environmentalists warn that increased reliance… Read More »