High Ground Underground

We are now hearing, even from the WHO, that COVID-19 transmission is almost entirely by those exhibiting symptoms (and who are coughing & sneezing) – extremely rare otherwise.   Despite what we heard earlier that transmission can be by asymptomatic people – apparently that is extremely rare.   We now know, too, even from Dr. Faucci, that masks are not significant in preventing transmission – much less so than social distancing.   And that transmission on surfaces is likewise rare.   And there has not been a large spike as the shutdown has begun to end – e.g., in Florida, Georgia, etc.   So the best strategy all along would have been simple isolation (quarantine) of those symptomatic, with some precautionary social distancing, and hand washing.   This is precisely what Sweden did, with success (and now with greater herd immunity against a second wave), and much less economic devastation.   And our U.S. rates would have been much better (e.g., ...

The photo of a Syrian Kurdish refugee boy washed up on a Turkish shore has brought attention to, and shock over, the massive refugee flood fleeing ISIS and heading for Europe, at any price. Just another consequence of the rest of the world’s lackadaisical response to the ISIS advance and horrors. This is what happens when the U.S. doesn’t want to be the world’s policeman – there are no police, and the thugs are running amok. The Left’s anti-authoritarian (at least anti-police) leanings also seem evident in the notable lack of the Obama administration’s public expressions over the rash of racially motivated U.S. police assassinations. They are outspoken at the drop of the hat when a black thug is killed by a policeman, even before it’s clear there was no racial motivation for most of the highly publicized cases that form a false narrative for the “Black lives matter” movement. There are several million refugees or displaced persons (homeless within Syria , Libya, I...