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Life without a Livelihood
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, government officials have repeatedly told us that their primary objective is to save lives. And to accomplish that goal, they have forced businesses to close or operate under less than ideal conditions. Not surprisingly, many workers–more than twenty million–have lost their job, their livelihood. The government’s efforts to save lives has…
Senegal’s COVID Success
The west African nation of Senegal is one of the success stories of the pandemic. With only 7 doctors per 100,000 (the United States has almost 300 doctors per 100,000), the nation of 16 million has had just over 14,000 confirmed COVID cases. In contrast, the United States has reported more than 20,000 new cases…
I Don’t Want the Freedom to Choose
On March 2, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lifted his mandatory face mask order. Beginning March 10, Texans will be free to choose to wear a mask or not while in public. Some business owners were not happy with the governor’s announcement. Danette Wicker, the owner of a boutique shop in Fort Worth, said, As a…
A Lesson from Rental Aid
After throwing millions of Americans out of work with lockdowns, the government discovered that many of those individuals could not pay their rent. The government responded with a moratorium on evictions. And then, when landlords began to face economic hardship, the government responded with rent assistance. But according to CNBC, only $5 billion of the…
We Need a Pandemic Testing Strategy
In an article on The Hill, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo explain why the government must develop and implement a pandemic testing strategy. It is the only strategy that protects individual liberty while effectively dealing with a pandemic. “Test, isolate and track” should be the government’s mantra in a pandemic. To protect individual rights, its…
The FDA’s Perpetual Process Machine
Nobelist Paul Romer details many of the ways that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) policies hampered the response to the coronavirus. This sampling belies the claim that FDA regulations save lives. It might be time to review the massive damage that the FDA is doing by restricting the supply and use of tests for…