Politicians have self-exculpation in their DNA, so don't expect anything resembling a coronial inquiry into the decisions and actions that have done so much to kill the economy. Instead, count on the various state and federal health officers to be garlanded with medals as our leaders claim credit for saving millions of lives

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I'd like to replace my stereo with a unit made anywhere but China but it seems I have no choice, as these days they all come from there. Yes, I'd prefer not to enrich the country that unleashed the Wuhan flu and then lied about it, but until Apple and other outfits pull out, if they ever do, I'll just have to swallow my disgust

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Politicians freed from parliamentary oversight have demonstrated untrammelled incompetence. I go too far, you say? Consider the elderly dying in nursing homes and, outside in the broader community, the ongoing torments to be endured by the laid-off, the bankrupted, and the taxpayers present and future who must foot the bill for this folly

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Once the Wuhan coronavirus has been overcome, we’ll no doubt go back to being scared by Greta Thunberg and company. “Deadly” virus replaced by the ongoing scare of impending death by a thousand belching chimneys, interruptible only in the event of the onset of another pestilence. Be comforted. All is not doom and gloom. The […]

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One of the things this infernal Wuhan virus has taught us is that many of our fellow citizens will dance to any tune governments play. I find it entirely credible that instructions to cower in the bathtub would be greeted with, 'Oh well you know, the government must be right'. Sheep, looking for all the world like people, are seemingly in great abundance

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The easy political response to the Wuhan virus is the one whose consequences we are enduring: defer to medical opinion, shut everything down and damn the cost. The next step will be cite earlier predictions of deaths that never came to pass while telling the citizens of a debt-ravaged land how fortunate they are to have such a wise and courageous government

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Now is the time for presidents, prime ministers and governments to step out from behind the skirts experts, whose imperatives are different and who cannot be blamed for being risk averse. They are not paid or elected to suffer public floggings for missteps. Politicians are

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Governments need to balance benefits against costs, a challenge with such a moronic media and large swathes of populations lacking the stoicism and common sense of previous generations. That’s why leaders who harken unto logic and rational analysis are needed -- alas, a rare breed indeed

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Every day will make it harder for businesses and people to bounce back. This means the national exercise in isolation and shuttered businesses can extend only a few more weeks at most. Donald Trump knows and understands as much. Does our National Cabinet?

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If the current strategy works far fewer healthy people will catch the Wuhan virus. Thus far fewer people will build immunity. And, unless the virus can be absolutely eradicated, the conditions will be ripe for its re-emergence. Do epidemiologists think it can be so eradicated? It would be nice if they told us

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