>From Tom Woods: > > That lucrative book contract beckons. > View in browser <https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/washdc?e=318d0d9f2d> > > By this point anyone who's informed about the virus knows that the count > of "cases" -- which doesn't actually mean people showing symptoms -- is an > absurd metric on which to base policy, for numerous reasons I've covered in > the past. > > Spikes in "cases" in various parts of the world have led the global midwit > population to make all kinds of predictions about deaths that have > consistently failed to materialize. > > But we discovered -- from the *New York Times*, of all places! -- within > the past week or two that the "case" metric is even more absurd than we > could have imagined. > > As I noted in this space eight days ago, the *New York Times* ran > the headline: "Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn't Be." > > We learned there that as many as 90 percent of positive COVID results were > for people who were not contagious, and were therefore being ordered to > quarantine and isolate for no reason. > > It has to do with the PCR test and something called the "cycle threshold," > which in the United States is set in most labs at a cutoff of around 40 or > 37 instead of a more reasonable 30. > > Anyway, Phil Kerpen of American Commitment was curious about the situation > in the District of Columbia, so he contacted the health authorities there > to ask what cycle threshold they're using for their tests (so we can get a > sense of the extent to which their tabulation of "cases," already a > notoriously unhelpful metric, is truly ludicrous). > > After contacting them, Phil noted: "If it is 37 to 40 like Nevada, New > York, and Massachusetts then up to 90% of reported positives are from > noninfectious, months-old viral debris." > > Well, DC Health got back to him. > > "DC Health does not have information about cycle thresholds." > > *What kind of a joke is this?* > > As one commenter put it, "What's worse? If they're lying or if they really > don't have any?" > > Meanwhile, our supposedly nonpolitical expert, Dr. Fauci (who revealed > last week that he hopes the COVID crisis will lead to the adoption of > something akin to the Green New Deal), to my knowledge has not acknowledged > any of this. > > The other day he said the case count was unacceptably high heading into > flu season, without acknowledging this report and the fact that we now know > the "case count" is wildly inflated. > > We are truly living in a giant insane asylum. > > I am reminded once again of my favorite character in all of literature, > Wonko the Sane, who appears in a Douglas Adams novel. > > Wonko called his home Outside the Asylum, and the outside world Inside the > Asylum. > > Ol' Wonko was on to something. > > Except: > > Outside the Asylum isn't Wonko's home. > > It's the Tom Woods Show Elite, keeper of the sanity of thousands: > > > http://www.SupportingListeners.com > <https://tomwoods.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=77713d21ff56f1c126607d2c5&id=dfa381ac64&e=318d0d9f2d> > > Potpourri: > > (1) I hope to see you in October at the Mises Institute's Supporters > Summit > <https://tomwoods.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=77713d21ff56f1c126607d2c5&id=dfe7345f27&e=318d0d9f2d> > in Jekyll Island, Georgia! > > (2) If you're starting to think it might be a bad idea to let the > sociopaths who occupy governors' mansions have a say over how -- or whether > -- you can work, you might think about starting something the loons can't > shut down. Tomorrow one of my guests is showing how he's been doing it for > nearly two decades, so be sure to join us: > http://www.tomwoods.com/unshutdownable > <https://tomwoods.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=77713d21ff56f1c126607d2c5&id=f65b056609&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=e6d6f6f826> > unsubscribe from this list > <https://tomwoods.us5.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=77713d21ff56f1c126607d2c5&id=f8f9156967&e=318d0d9f2d&c=e6d6f6f826> > 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_5874636876271182117_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > ---
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