The Virus Is Not Invincible, But It’s Exposing Who’s Irreplaceable, by Victor Davis Hanson

When your refrigerator goes out under quarantine and your supplies begin to rot, do you really need another rant from Maxine Waters?

By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness, December 29, 2020

Victor Davis Hanson is an American military historian, columnist, former classics professor, and scholar of ancient warfare. He was a professor of classics at California State University, Fresno, and is currently the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. …

In all the gloom and doom, and media-driven nihilism, there is actually an array of good news. As many predicted, as testing spreads, and we get a better idea of the actual number and nature of cases, the death rate from coronavirus slowly but also seems to steadily decline.

Early estimates from the World Health Organization and the modeling of pessimists of a constant 4 percent death rate for those infected with the virus are for now proving exaggerated for the United States. More likely, as testing spreads, our fatality rates could descend to near 1 percent.

There is some evidence from Germany and to a lesser extent South Korea, that it may be possible to see the fatality rate dip below 1 percent. And with the breathing space from the lockdown, better hygiene (the degree of constant and near-obsessive cleaning at businesses that are still open is quite amazing), more knowledge and data, better medical protocols, the use of some efficacious drugs, warmer weather, and experience with the disease will, in perfect-storm fashion, begin to mitigate the effects of the virus. …

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When your refrigerator goes out under quarantine and your supplies begin to rot, do you really need another rant from Maxine Waters?

By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness, December 29, 2020

In all the gloom and doom, and media-driven nihilism, there is actually an array of good news. As many predicted, as testing spreads, and we get a better idea of the actual number and nature of cases, the death rate from coronavirus slowly but also seems to steadily decline.

Early estimates from the World Health Organization and the modeling of pessimists of a constant 4 percent death rate for those infected with the virus are for now proving exaggerated for the United States. More likely, as testing spreads, our fatality rates could descend to near 1 percent.

The Virus Is Not Invincible, But It’s Exposing Who’s Irreplaceable, by Victor Davis Hanson

New Relief-Checks Bill From McConnell Boosts Aid Amounts, but Also Leaves Democrats Seething, by Jeffrey Rubin

Pro-Life Legislator Praying for Victory From the Lord, by Charlie Butts

When your refrigerator goes out under quarantine and your supplies begin to rot, do you really need another rant from Maxine Waters?

By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness, December 29, 2020

In all the gloom and doom, and media-driven nihilism, there is actually an array of good news. As many predicted, as testing spreads, and we get a better idea of the actual number and nature of cases, the death rate from coronavirus slowly but also seems to steadily decline.

Early estimates from the World Health Organization and the modeling of pessimists of a constant 4 percent death rate for those infected with the virus are for now proving exaggerated for the United States. More likely, as testing spreads, our fatality rates could descend to near 1 percent.

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