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More Than 20 Million Have Probably Already Contracted the Coronavirus. That Matches My Best-Case Scenario … Which Is Still Scary.
Today, a CDC official revealed that their serology resuly calculation reveals a lot more Americans have caught the coronavirus than the official count reveals. Which is a good thing, but it still a horrifying number.
Trying to Find a Real Comparison Between COVID-19 and the Flu
I’ve been seeing a lot of very bad comparisons between the effects of the flu and COVID-19, so I decided to do a little of my own homework to come up with a more appropriate data comparison.
The Bridge Parable and the Undercounting of COVID-19 Deaths
You’re hearing a lot of comparison between COVID-19 and the flu, but it’s a faulty apples-to-oranges comparison. I try to explain why its so fraught with a simple story …
A Basic National Healthcare Plan
We need a universal health care system in the United States, but one that won’t break the bank. Something that will make sure none of us go bankrupt from medical bills, but where we still individually shoulder some of the responsibility.
They Repeal, We Replace
Since its passage, the Republican party has been trying to undo the Affordable Care Act, through legislative, administrative, and judicial means. I say let them. Then we can pass something better.
The Problem with Liberals is that They Won
Progressivism has won consistently for 150 years, both in America and around the world. While progressivism hasn’t always batted 1.000, recent history has been a jerky but relatively steadily upward climb. But that kind of a legacy leads to problematic remnants.
Democrats, Whore Thyselves
A majority of Republican voters benefit from progressive policies, but they have no idea that they benefit from progressive policies. Democrats and Progressives need to do a better job taking credit for the help.
Replace the Electoral College With … ?
The Electoral College is an outdated, inefficient system of choosing a chief executive of the administrative branch. But what to replace it with?
Myths about the Electoral College
The United States has a system that is supposed to reflect the will of the people but was also designed to protect racist slave owners and has been warped over the centuries by crass political machines trying to entrench their own power at the state level. Plus it’s supposed to protect us from ourselves, but fails miserably in that instance.