Panic-Buying Isn't Prepping for COVID-19
Drop the toilet paper! There is a better way.
The Mercatus economist on why the private sector could provide the best response to the coronavirus, why the government should go big anyway, and how the current crisis could help America reinvent itself.
Self-imprisonment orders from panicky politicians are not a prudent way to flatten the curve.
The White House has issued new 15-day guidelines for slowing the spread of the coronavirus. The president implied at a press conference that crisis measures could be needed for much longer.
The agency's scaremongering about e-cigarettes undermined its credibility on the eve of a true public health crisis.
Will coronavirus help rehabilitate tech's rep?
High prices for sought-after goods cause temporary pain, but not as much as government efforts to "help" frustrated consumers.
From relaxed TSA rules to speedy FDA approvals, the coronavirus is forcing authorities to admit many of their regulations are unnecessary.
Emergency measures can easily become routine policy.
"Individual behavior will be crucial to control the spread of COVID-19."
Federal bureaucracy slowed America's response to the new coronavirus outbreak. Now state-level red tape is now poised to cause more problems.
Despite the slow-growing anxieties and government incompetence, expect Americans to be resilient in fighting the pandemic.
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No one will ever head to Walmart for a kidney transplant, but retail companies and profit-based clinics certainly can offer high-quality, lower-level services—and impose market discipline in a sector that sorely needs it.
Temporary quarantines and other targeted restrictions might be justified. But pandemics do not justify more general migration restrictions. Indeed, the latter often actually imperil health.
Trump wants a poorly targeted, budget-busting payroll tax that might encourage sick people to work.
It depends on how widely the virus spreads, which is difficult to predict.
The biotech entrepreneur and Silicon Valley visionary wants mandatory quarantines and a "digital Dunkirk" rescue operation.
In two weeks we will know if his public health measures are too little, too late.
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If you try homeschooling, you may discover that it's not just a good way to keep COVID-19 at bay, but a good educational approach and fit for your family more generally.
Americans and those traveling from the U.K. will be exempted.
The extent of state and federal quarantine powers is surprisingly unsettled.
Is a new stimulus package the right response to a pandemic?
More than $725 million has been spent across the world from non-governmental organizations.
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A study in a state where marijuana is legal confirms the predominant role of cannabis products from illegal sources.
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One of the overlooked benefits of single-use items is that they're clean.
COVID-19 is the healthiest thing to happen to government power in a very long time.
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While the use of force can be justified to curtail the spread of communicable diseases, the threat has to be weighed against the burdens on potential carriers.
Blame angry neighbors, not the feds.
No matter how bad the outbreak might turn out to be, politicians will find a way to make it worse.
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Certificate of need laws are on the books in 36 states, but they mostly serve as a way for hospitals to limit competition and keep prices high. State lawmakers should be dismantling them.
Federal judge confirms ruling that it doesn’t violate federal “crack house” law.
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A new generation of marijuana prohibitionists is reviving old talking points with vaping products substituting for joints.
New amendment would allow low-risk foods such as homemade jams to be sold in grocery stores and sold and consumed in restaurants.
Despite concerns about efficacy and side effects, courts are slow to act on behalf of patients who don’t want the treatment.
From Louisiana State University law professor Ed Richards.
The Journal of the American Heart Association has responded to critics with nothing but boilerplate promises of scientific integrity.
Efforts to control the flow of information fail, but they muddle the quality of what people share in defiance of the censors.
Since prescription restrictions pushed drug users toward deadlier substitutes, the decrease in fatalities is more plausibly attributed to harm reduction measures.
The vast majority of patients with vaping-related lung injuries who used cannabis products said they got them from "informal sources."
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