New Evidence Suggests Better Treatment Is Contributing to Falling COVID-19 Fatality Rates
Even after adjusting for age and comorbidities, researchers in New York and England found large improvements in patient survival.
Even after adjusting for age and comorbidities, researchers in New York and England found large improvements in patient survival.
That claim is wildly implausible and contradicted by the president's suggestion that COVID-19 was never much of a threat.
Who could have predicted that intolerable rules won’t be tolerated?
When a coronavirus vaccine is ready, it will be distributed through normal civilian supply chains to your doctor's office and local pharmacy.
The president claims success based on a completely implausible worst-case scenario, while his opponent projects more than 3,700 deaths a day.
That is much lower than the toll from unintentional injuries, cancer, or heart disease but higher than the loss attributed to suicide or homicide.
COVID-19 upended the NBA, the NFL, the NHL, and MLB. How the professional sports leagues responded offers a glimpse into our future.
The Libertarian ticket is campaigning against lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and the World Health Organization, in addition to the usual taxation, prohibition, and war.
Months into the pandemic, we’re finally getting a real debate over the right way to fight the virus.
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The Great Barrington Declaration asks how much collateral damage is too much.
California's new approach to combating coronavirus layers on yet more requirements for counties looking to reopen businesses.
Students and congregants may be collateral damage in a turf war between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Two courts say COVID-19 lockdowns in Michigan and Pennsylvania were unconstitutional.
Less-intrusive responses could preserve our health while leaving our freedom intact.
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Both sides in the debate about face masks make claims that are not justified by the scientific evidence.
In younger age groups, the estimated risk is substantially lower than the overall IFR for the seasonal flu.
Once a desire—or even a good idea—is turned into a mandate enforceable by the cops, violence is only one disagreement away.
It's time to unleash America's 88,000 pharmacies and 314,000 pharmacists to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Politicians are poised to tighten the screws, even though voluntary action offers more promise.
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And is their luck running out?
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“The Constitution sets certain lines that may not be crossed, even in an emergency.”
If only that signaled a broader respect for legal limits on executive power.
Government officials think Americans can't handle the truth, an assumption that tends to backfire.
The comparison between Sweden and the U.S. casts doubt on the importance of broad legal restrictions.
The trends suggest that Sweden's less restrictive policy has been more successful at reducing fatal outcomes.
As the pandemic rages on, nominally free countries are sliding down a path blazed by authoritarian regimes.
A week after being sued over his arbitrary COVID-19 policy, Gov. Charlie Baker says he will allow arcades to reopen.
Public health authorities are cracking down on a holiday activity where the age group least at risk of COVID-19 walks around outside wearing masks.
The industry's fate depends on the whims of an agency charged with deciding what is "appropriate for public health."
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A federal lawsuit argues that the distinction drawn by Massachusetts is unconstitutional.
New York City restaurants have been excluded from the reopening of dining rooms in the rest of the state.
If the goal is minimizing the death toll over the long run, it is too soon to say.
"Economists are accustomed to thinking about tradeoffs," says economist and Nobel laureate Alvin Roth. "It appears that at least in some parts of the ethics community, they are not."
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The risk for the elderly is much higher, probably largely because of preexisting medical conditions.
The assertion, which contradicts the president's own warnings about the virus, is based on a misinterpretation of CDC data.
The infection and death rates have surpassed those of the general population.
The New York Times thinks so, but the data do not fit that hypothesis very well.
The danger of the virus can’t be considered to the exclusion of the need for jobs and prosperity.
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