Public Health Officials Blew Up Their Credibility, and We're Paying the Price
Vaccine hesitancy can, in part, be laid at the feet of experts who betrayed the public’s trust.
Pandemic
Age May Trump Vaccination Status in Assessing COVID-19 Risk
Plus: Magical thinking about the spending bill, new rulings on mask mandates, and more...
The CDC Made America's Pandemic Worse
The agency didn't just botch the initial test. It resisted mass testing.
College Campuses Have the Craziest COVID-19 Restrictions of All
Here's why that should terrify the rest of us, too.
Why We Can't Get Anywhere on Immigration
Turns out, building good systems is necessary to get good outcomes.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed Is Right: It's Crazy To Force Vaccinated Patrons To Mask Inside Bars!
While justifying why she defied her own indoor mask mandate, San Francisco's mayor unintentionally hit the nail on the head.
FDA Advisory Panel Votes Against Biden's Proposed Broad COVID-19 Booster Shot Rollout
It did recommend authorizing boosters for those over age 65
Pandemic Legacy
The board game lets gamers indulge in a little cooperative epidemiological roleplay.
Nicki Minaj's Vaccine Hesitancy Tweets Show Value of Persuasion Over Federal Mandates
Persuading vaccine objectors is a much better approach than imposing coercive top-down mandates.
Elizabeth Warren Demands That Amazon Crack Down on COVID Misinformation
Amazon's customers are apparently unable to judge the veracity of COVID-related information for themselves.
How Biden's Vaccine Mandates Degrade Social Trust
Plus, how his tax hikes won't actually help anyone, either.
What Fear Does to Our Freedom
COVID-19 and 9/11 both created opportunities to restrict our liberties in the name of keeping us safe.
Biden Rolls Out Industrial Policy Plan To Overcome Government-Created COVID-19 Testing Shortages
One government failure cascades into another.
Reddit's Messy Fight Over COVID Misinformation
Denizens of the popular online forum protested the spread of COVID misinformation, but the company rightly wouldn't cave to their demands. It still cracked down on 55 subreddits in the end.
'Do I Look Like the COVID Police?'
Business owners in the Bronx respond to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine passport mandate.
When De Blasio's Vaccination Passport Plan Went Into Effect Yesterday, One-Quarter of Adult New Yorkers Were Barred From Going Out
Going out in Manhattan the first night patrons were required to prove their vaccination status
If Class Outside Was Good Enough for Plato, It's Good Enough in a Pandemic
Virtual or masked classes are barriers to learning, not just disease.
Free Society Dwindles as Permission Requirements Grow
Many things once done as a matter of right are now privileges to be dispensed or withheld by those in power.
Can You Talk about the Mask Policy in the Classroom?
The University of Iowa minimizes academic freedom so the unvaccinated can feel more comfortable
COVID Travel Bans Are a Death Sentence for This Remote Border Town
One of America's most isolated communities has struggled to weather the pandemic.
Cuomo Resigns as New York Governor at Long Last
After allegedly sexually harassing 11 women and issuing nursing home COVID guidance that led to massive outbreaks and huge death tolls, Cuomo is out.
Delta Is Making Americans Crazy About School Reopening, Again
The U.K. kept schools open and masks off, and now delta is in their rearview. Why can't Yanks learn?
Resist De Blasio's Vaccine Passport
De Blasio's dataless call to create a class of citizens barred from civic life is an intolerable imposition on New Yorkers' liberties.
CDC Sentences Kids to Another School Year of Irrational Masking
Because adults can't evaluate risk, kids continue to suffer the most from COVID policy, despite suffering the least from COVID.
The UK Beat COVID-19, But Can It Beat Lockdowns?
Even with coronavirus deaths at a trickle, Prime Minister Boris Johnson won’t rule out more lockdowns.
In an Unprecedented Heat Wave, Portland's Lingering COVID Restrictions Hurt Bars and Restaurants Again
The state, one of the last to fully reopen, lifted some capacity limits early. But the service sector was hamstrung during a heat crisis in which it could have helped.
International Travel Is Partially Back, but It's Worse Than Before
Border restrictions and testing requirements make vacation a bit less relaxing and a lot more expensive.
The Pandemic Is a Case for Policy Humility
Politicians and policymakers know less than they think they do, in part because they have less power over our lives than they assume.
Let Immigrants Take the Jobs American Workers Don't Want
The H-2B visa allows foreign workers to fill jobs that native-born Americans aren't interested in.
Lingering COVID Requirements for NYC Bars and Restaurants Amount to Pointless Hygiene Theater
Theatrical safety checks don't keep people safe—vaccines do.
Plexiglass Barriers Are Everywhere, but They're Probably Useless
There's a good chance they haven't been preventing the spread of COVID, and they might even be counterproductive.
New York and Michigan Will Force 2-Year-Olds To Wear Masks at Camp
As the pandemic improves, kids are being asked to make even more sacrifices.
In Army of the Dead, a Zombie Outbreak Becomes an Excuse for a Public Health Power Grab
In Zack Snyder's latest, zombies are a public health issue, much like COVID-19.
Digital Nomad Visas Bring Resources to Countries That Need Them
As countries navigate their post-pandemic economic recoveries, many are adopting a new visa program to welcome foreign remote workers.
Bogus Farms Receive Millions in Government Pandemic Loans Meant for Small Businesses
The Paycheck Protection Program moved billions of dollars out the door incredibly quickly. A lot of it went to the wrong people.
The Pandemic Could Have Been Over Much Sooner—If Not for the FDA
At critical junctures, the FDA slowed vaccine development and rollout. Its decisions almost certainly cost lives.
Rebekah Jones, Florida's COVID-19 Whistleblower, Seems Like a Fraud
The media fell in love with her. But there's little to her claims.
Did COVID-19 Leak from a Wuhan Lab?
Circumstantial evidence that it may have is mounting.
New Lawsuit Argues That D.C.'s Ban on Dancing at Weddings Violates the First Amendment
A bride-to-be says the regulation is an irrational and unconstitutional restriction on her special day.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Clings to His Pedestal
"Incompetent government kills people," he said in January.
School Choice Picks Up Steam After Pandemic Closures
Unresponsive government institutions fuel state-level measures to help parents and children pick learning models that suit them.
Weed Salvaged the Lost Year
2020 was nobody’s idea of a good year, but the ability to smoke pot in my own backyard, mostly free from fear of arrest, majorly redeemed it.
Michigan Moving To Make 'Emergency' COVID-19 Mandates Permanent
Nothing is more permanent than an “emergency” mandate.
Restore Pre-Pandemic Freedom, For the Children
Deprived of social interaction for a period of time that constitutes a significant percentage of their short lives, kids are falling apart.
May Employers and Universities Require COVID-19 Vaccinations?
At present, there is nothing in federal law that should preclude vaccination requirements for returns to workplaces and campuses.
Wartime Rationing Changed How America Ate for a Century. The Pandemic Will Do the Same.
The government tried to stabilize the nation's food supply 80 years ago. Its efforts backfired.
The Last Pandemic
Technological breakthroughs and policy progress mean humanity may never again have to endure a disaster like COVID-19.
