Did Trump Downplay Covid Enough? - WSJ
#U.S.A. #Health #TrumpThank goodness President Trump resisted the most panicked authoritarian responses to Covid-19 imposed by some U.S. governors. But he’s now facing questions over a Feb. 7 interview, included in a new Bob Woodward book, in which Mr. Trump said that Covid was deadlier than the flu.…
What Could Go Wrong on Election Day - WSJ
#Politics #U.S.A. #TrumpIf most ballots this fall are cast by mail, the results may not be known for days. That could plunge America into prolonged controversy and undermine confidence in the outcome and the democratic system, both something adversaries in Moscow, Beijing and Tehran would cheer.…
The Left’s Covid Memory Hole - WSJ
#U.S.A. #Health #TrumpLast week’s Democratic convention sought to make four points: Joe Biden is a decent man, Donald Trump is horrible, the president bungled the pandemic and Mr. Biden would have handled it better because he grasped the threat from the start.…
The Next Pandemic: Trump Derangement Syndrome - WSJ
#Politics #U.S.A. #TrumpIt’s been going around for some time and now appears to be in danger of spreading widely. I refer not to Covid-19, but to Donald-20, or, to use its pseudoscientific name, Trump Derangement Syndrome. Research has shown that TDS appears in five stages, each of advanced intensity.…
The White House Spins Trump's Disinfectant Remarks - FactCheck.org
#Science #U.S.A. #TrumpAt an April 23 press briefing, President Donald Trump mused about the possibility of using “very powerful light” and injecting disinfectant into the body to kill COVID-19 – a suggestion that, in the case of disinfectant, was roundly criticized by experts as dangerous.…
An Experimental Ultraviolet Light Treatment for Covid-19 Takes Political Heat - WSJ
#Science #U.S.A. #TrumpI ran an obscure pharmaceutical company until a few days ago. Then we got famous. Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, ) made a commitment to find ways to help.…
The Treatment That Could Crush Covid - WSJ
#Science #U.S.A. #HealthMore than 500 clinical trials are under way world-wide in the race to find an effective treatment for Covid-19. Everybody wants it; nobody has it—yet.…
‘Covid Powers’ Wreck My Neighborhood - WSJ
#Politics #Crime #U.S.A.For many years I’ve lived in paradise—the Upper West Side. We have convivial neighbors, beautiful buildings, great subways, excellent theater and dance, fine libraries and bookstores, wonderful restaurants, pleasant markets. There were problems but we worked them out amicably.…
The Ideological Corruption of Science - WSJ
#Politics #Racism #ScienceIn the 1980s, when I was a young professor of physics and astronomy at Yale, deconstructionism was in vogue in the English Department.…
America’s New Nihilism - WSJ
#Politics #Racism #CrimeThe late 1960s were the heyday of modern American liberalism, which was then an ideology of hope. A bipartisan Congress passed landmark civil-rights legislation in 1964 and 1965. The precipitating event of the urban riots in 1968 was the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.…