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Apr 16, 2020Liked by Claire Berlinski

Working hard to meet the deadline. In the mean-time recommend looking at your twitter thread from 2 Feb..... very interesting (read all replies). And no, pundits mess it up all the time but no need to fire.... they usually have little more insight or info that the average Joe, but give us something to bitch about (i.e. keep us entertained).

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US worst outbreak in the world. Think again, combine the EU countries and the death rate is massively greater there with only a slightly larger population than the US.

China is not reporting the scope and extent of its epidemic. Do you believe their numbers? I don't.

NY and New Jersey account for almost half of the cases and deaths. The geniuses in charge there left the subways, buses and trains open for three weeks and told people to go to work and might I add enjoy the shows and night life to boot! Statistically, there is a direct correlation between the extend of the outbreak by city and the use of mass transit.

Why are we isolating the entire population when we know that the vast majority of deaths are amongst the elderly with serious preexisting conditions! My position as an economist is that everyone under 50 go back to work and school and let the senior citizens self isolate to protect themselves until we have a therapy or a vaccine. Most of the seniors do not work anyway.

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It was the fusion bomb which generated the concern of igniting the atmosphere, not fission.

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