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> > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Tom Woods <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 01, 2020 1:45 PM > *Subject:* One insane governor's impossible reopening standards > > Get out now. > View in browser > <https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/falsepositives-320656?e=318d0d9f2d> > > I know some good people who live in California, and this is just awful. > > These are the governor's guidelines for what it will take to get some of > the restrictions lifted. Note that there is no stage that involves getting > your life back, period: > > > > This means no return to normal, ever. > > Given the problem of false positives alone, how can these numbers ever be > reached? > > A member of the Tom Woods Show Elite > <https://tomwoods.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=77713d21ff56f1c126607d2c5&id=f553342c32&e=318d0d9f2d> > pointed out some pertinent facts here. > > Since 42 of the 58 California counties have fewer than 500K people, a mere > five cases per day will keep restrictions in place. Some 23 counties will > be forced to keep some restrictions in place with just one case per day. > > These guidelines are being released at the very moment that > hospitalizations are plummeting -- but hospital capacity no longer guides > state policy, even though that was the original pretext behind the initial > "flattening the curve" propaganda. > > Some 41 percent of the 12,000 deaths in California -- population ~40 > million -- were in people age 80 or above. > > Meanwhile, some 44 percent of adults report experiencing anxiety and/or > depression. In June that figure was 11 percent. > > At some point people are simply going to have to abandon the worst, most > irrational parts of the country and move elsewhere, regardless of the > sentimental attachment they may have to wherever they currently live. > > The shrinking of their tax base would be exactly what these governors > deserve. > > Some people fear that the people fleeing will bring the bad politics of > their home state with them to their new state. That's possible. But I tend > to think that the kind of people who are prepared to leave are the kind > with the ability to think for themselves, and who haven't bought into the > self-flagellation cult of COVID-19, according to which the more they > deprive themselves of human happiness, the more morally upright they are. > > I've said from the start that the Republicans have been very unimpressive > during the crisis, mostly me-too'ing the various restrictions. At the same > time, if the Democrats win in November, states like California will get > bailed out -- so in effect rewarded for their totalitarian lockdowns, and > buffered against the consequences of whatever future inhuman restrictions > they may want to impose. > > There's another governor -- not Kristi Noem, who's also been excellent -- > who's been paying attention to the real science, not the panic-science that > has people (literally) thinking the death rate is 100 times higher than it > is. > > More on him tomorrow. > > For now: > > My community of intelligent people who haven't bought into the hysteria > will keep you sane as people you once thought were reasonable keep on > losing their minds. > > Entry is this way: > > > http://www.SupportingListeners.com > <https://tomwoods.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=77713d21ff56f1c126607d2c5&id=44e07de9b3&e=318d0d9f2d> > > > Tom Woods > > > > > > > This email was sent to [email protected] > *why did I get this?* > <https://tomwoods.us5.list-manage.com/about?u=77713d21ff56f1c126607d2c5&id=f8f9156967&e=318d0d9f2d&c=d49333224d> > unsubscribe from this list > <https://tomwoods.us5.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=77713d21ff56f1c126607d2c5&id=f8f9156967&e=318d0d9f2d&c=d49333224d> > update subscription preferences > <https://tomwoods.us5.list-manage.com/profile?u=77713d21ff56f1c126607d2c5&id=f8f9156967&e=318d0d9f2d> > Tom Woods · PO Box 701447 · Saint Cloud, FL 34770 · USA > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > <#m_2555380979238589202_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > --- Support News from Underground: http://bit.ly/NFUSupport You received this email because you are subscribed to News from Underground. To unsubscribe from this email list, please go to: http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=pIdjNUgiG2h8yxbhC54SSy4SEskAoEMs
