By Edward Achorn
It is good to be safe. But it is bad to be overwhelmed by fear, to the point you end up hurting yourself and others.
We got there with COVID-19. The data suggests the news media and the politicians (of both parties) scared Americans inordinately about the coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China.
A recent Kekst CNC poll found that Americans believe 9 percent of the population has been killed by the coronavirus.
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By Edward Achorn
My thanks to Andrew Bostom, M.D., a Brown associate professor, internist, and epidemiologist, for this latest chart of national COVID-19 deaths.
The revised numbers do display that, after deaths fell for 10 straight weeks, America underwent a slight and unnerving uptick earlier this month. The raw numbers, as of July 27, are HERE.
The recent turnaround prompted near-hysteria in the news media, leading to new and economically damaging lockdowns. Americans were terrified.
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