An Inalienable Human Right to Commerce
Peter C. Earle
– September 29, 2020

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News over the last several days of a rise in Covid-19 infections raised concerns regarding a “second wave” of coronavirus infections; and in turn about new rounds of lockdowns and other restrictive measures. One could be forgiven for wondering why if stay-in-place orders, interstate movement restrictions, and other such tyranny didn’t scare off or confuse the virus in the spring and summer, they would suddenly prove effective in the fall.

There are fewer people to infect now than in early 2020 (owing to immunities), and the most vulnerable are – despite the tragic actions of governors in certain states early on – now better protected. Health professionals are also already implementing improved means of treating the afflicted. Yet nevertheless there are warnings about renewed restrictions on gatherings and other voluntary forms of social interaction.

The American Institute for Economic Research has been covering the Covid-19 pandemic and the awful policy responses to it since late January. We have examined and discussed those nations which employed effective and ineffective disease mitigation strategies, the impact on financial markets and business more broadly, and the tremendous amounts of politically–motivated dishonesty (and quibbling) which citizens in the US and beyond have been subject to.

Bad science? AIER was there. Good science and scientists? We were there. -- excerpt, rest at link above --

These people at AIER have been publishing excellent articles on this topic.....