{"id":5005,"date":"2020-04-06T16:32:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T22:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayharvey.org\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2020-04-07T03:03:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T09:03:06","slug":"social-distancing-is-not-lockdown-and-then-theres-the-curious-case-of-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/2020\/04\/social-distancing-is-not-lockdown-and-then-theres-the-curious-case-of-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"“Social Distancing” Is NOT Lockdown — And Then There’s The Curious Case Of Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Be careful of that bait-and-switch, which has already begun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social distancing is voluntarily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lockdown is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be aware of this as well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also this, from infectious-disease specialist Doctor Amesh Adalja, of Johns Hopkins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doctor Amesh Adalja also recently said “I suspect coronavirus was here even before the 1st official case was diagnosed in Washington state in mid-January.” That was in response to this New York Times piece<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally, the surprise you’ve all been waiting for: the bureaucratic insanity, which by definition and by necessity<\/em> comes with bloated government, continues lumbering down its predictable course, unabated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To any and all government-lovers, of whatever stripe, before you break yourself completely at the alter of bureaucracy, I’d be very<\/em> curious to hear your response to (and your defense of) all this shit. In fact, I demand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Auto sales plunge in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here’s an exceptionally clear and cogent explication <\/a>of why the coronavirus pandemic is not,<\/strong><\/em> contrary to what you’ve heard, “exponential.” All pandemics — all<\/em> of them — follow an epidemiological curve<\/a> (or epi curve, as they’re known, also an S-curve), not<\/em> an exponential one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then, of course, there’s the controversial case of Sweden<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\u00a0the COVID-19 pandemic tails off in a few weeks, months before the alarmists claim it will, they will probably pivot immediately and pat themselves on the back for the brilliant social-distancing controls that they imposed on the world. They will claim that their heroic recommendations averted total calamity. Unfortunately, they will be wrong; and Sweden, which has done almost no mandated<\/strong> [my boldface] social distancing, will probably prove them wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Be careful of that bait-and-switch, which has already begun. Social distancing is voluntarily. Lockdown is not. Be aware of this as well: Also this, from infectious-disease specialist Doctor Amesh Adalja, of Johns Hopkins: Doctor Amesh Adalja also recently said “I suspect coronavirus was here even before the 1st official case was diagnosed in Washington state … <\/p>\n

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