Paul Craig Roberts – paulcraigroberts.org April 21, 2020
In Florida pressure to reopen beaches, vacation rentals, arcades, and restaurants is coming from the tourist industry. Nationally, oil interests are lobbying hard as the price of US crude has hit negative amounts. How can oil be sold for a negative price? Because there is no room to store it. Traders locked into delivery contracts are finding it cheaper to pay someone to take the oil than to try to secure a place to store the oil. You see, distribution works through oil contracts made in the past for future delivery. These contracts were made prior to the economic shutdown that has greatly reduced demand for oil. Apparently, it is cheaper to pay someone to take the oil than to break the contracts.
There is no doubt of the economic disruption resulting from the effort to reduce the infection rate with closedowns. The question is whether a premature reopening will undo the work so far to control the infection rate and require another shutdown. Already the reported practice in New York is not to treat anyone 80 years old or over. Will a second wave reduce the non-treated age to 70, a third to 60?
Sweden is the only country that avoided a shutdown. So far Sweden’s death rate on a per capita basis is higher than Denmark’s, although not hugely higher. The Swedes are apparently more cooperative with prevention measures and require less control in order to exercise good judgment. The question is whether Swedes are gaining “herd immunity” that will in the end produce a lower death rate as countries in lockdown experience a second wave of virus when they come out of lockdown.
The question of herd immunity remains open as there are many known instances of reinfection and a recent report from Japan that the virus mutates more rapidly than believed and that some forms of the virus are more deadly than others.
People take hard positions on both sides of the lockdown/no lockdown issue even though there is no hard evidence on either side. We just don’t know. And the virus has been unfortunately politicized in many ways. A policy determined by political partisanship is unlikely to be a good policy.
Bloomberg News
Worried that a “devastating” second wave of infections could hit America this summer if states reopen too soon, governors who have been leading the effort to combat the pandemic labeled as “delusional” and “absolutely false” claims by Vice President Mike Pence that enough testing was available to prevent such a disaster. Despite the risks, President Donald Trump, his allies and some far-right groups have demanded states lift restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19. Medical experts warn that a flood of Americans leaving their homes without proper testing and tracing in place will trigger a new outbreak, inundating hospitals and likely causing tens of thousands of additional deaths. In response to anti-shutdown demonstrators in Denver, medical professionals staged a silent counter-protest, resulting in this widely viewed video. Will the blond in sunglasses give herself death?
The One Thing About Which Fauci Is Probably Correct
Keep in mind that Trump has a political interest in reopening the economy as he faces an election. The Democrats have a stake in keeping it closed reasoning that people with no jobs and people losing their businesses will vote against Trump, as will people deprived of their sports and entertainment venues. It is not clear whether the election should be postponed for a more normal time. Will people expose themselves to crowds in order to vote? Will it be possible to vote from home? Will the outcome merely be an outcome of which side’s propaganda was most believed? In such a case, what is the value of the election?
Divisions in the US are so great that it is almost impossible for a policy that serves a common interest to emerge.
I like the final words in this report were it says the Democrats will profit out of the job loss and closed economy in the coming elections. Which actually proves that they are the once that created virus infected certain countries or areas and know they are waiting to profit out of it!
Whoever profits out of something that’s who did it!
And remember this “if they fckued you once they’ll fcuk you again”!
What point is herd immunity if they keep releasing viruses, agents, or biological weapons? How many versions of software did Bill Gates sell? How many different vaccines does Gates want to flog?
why complicate the coronavirus by repeating what politicians and msm and paid expert uttering . isnt rationale / logical to go to independent virologists ? how one the like of Paul Craig Roberts could miss that ? most informed individuals are back to the basic what’s virus ? how the ‘covid 19’ come about manmade/engineered ?
top french Nobel scientist who discover aids , has said its not natural , man-made. implies it can’t be more harmful if it mutate. implies no fear of ‘second wave’ ‘third wave’
A 29 years experience, dr Buttar confermed this ‘corona’ virus is like seasonal flue. but the correlation of the virus and 5g (china, iran, italy rolled out 5g) is ignored by media and politicians and censored all informative vedio by youtube , and its allies .
let virologists speak we have been told falsehood about virus , we might expose their lies and thier ulterior motives .
Apparently, no one comprehends true “Herd Immunity”. It doesn’t happen overnight.
“People take hard positions on both sides of the lockdown/no lockdown issue even though there is no hard evidence on either side. We just don’t know. ”
YOU JUST DON’T KNOW ANYTHING, DO YOU PC ROBERTS?!!!!!!!!!!
“We just don’t know.”
WRONG ROBERTS!!!
YOU apparently know fuck-all! You’re a Stupid ignoramus!
“Keep in mind that Trump has a political interest in reopening the economy as he faces an election. The Democrats have a stake in keeping it closed reasoning that people with no jobs and people losing their businesses will vote against Trump, as will people deprived of their sports and entertainment venues.”
Son of a bitch! What disgusting creeps they all are. Roberts too!!
Every time these dummies open their mouths, they insult intelligence itself.
pls let the virulogist talks about virus . we have been lied and missed simple facts.
Another disinfo delievered by a Zionist stooge.
1. There is no coronavirus jumping from human to human.
2. There is no „herd immunity”. NEVER EXISTED!
3. Premature reopening? There may be „second wave” of deaths resulting from 5G activity (now deployed in many places) or any other black operations.
4. CoVID-19 is a PsyOp.
Oldranger: You are right, herd immunity doesn’t happen overnight, but neither do vaccines. Vaccines take 5-7 years, but they can rush a vaccine out in 18 months to two years… IF they limit testing and offer legal immunity to big pharma and their associates. They can’t release a vaccine in short order, otherwise, the sheeple will think something is up. This is why they must limit herd immunity so they maintain the fabricated need for a vaccine.