Telling people that they cannot engage in ordinary, wholesome, totally risk-free activities is not, as Whitmer recently put it, "the best science." It is not any kind of science. An approach to the virus grounded in science — as opposed to omnidirectional prophecies of doom — would consider the question of why many serious infections appear to be nosocomial, which is a fancy way of saying acquired in the hospital, not from playing tee ball. It would ask what it means that there is no meaningful statistical relationship between the speed with which states have shut down and death totals, not even when analysis is restricted to the nation's 15 most populous states. It would consider the not exactly remote possibility that serological testing could soon reveal that the virus arrived on these shores much earlier and is vastly more widespread than most people imagined.
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
In case you wondered …
… Why can't you go fishing during the pandemic? (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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More drivel from yet another professional blowhard. If I had known that I could simply make up "facts" and collect a paycheck, I wouldn't have worked my ass off for decades in the productive economy.
ReplyDeleteDespite Walther's assertion about "many other states", I can find only two states, Michigan and Maryland, that have banned motorized recreational boating. I agree that such bans are ridiculous, but they are hardly as widespread as he implies.
I don't know what he's talking about regarding fishing. Since trout season opened last week, I've fished in three states. Each seemed happy to take my money in exchange for a license, and none placed any restrictions on my activity. The same is true for at least a dozen other states where I have friends and relatives.
Walther's contention that we are facing "...sweeping actions of a kind never witnessed in the entire history of common-law jurisdictions..." reveals a knowledge of U.S. history that doesn't even reach the level of rudimentary. He could start by familiarizing himself with government actions during smallpox outbreaks during the 19th century, including forcible quarantines in pest houses.
Deliver us from this plague of "writers".
One slight amendment: I was required to maintain a six-foot distance from other fishermen. But, for a serious trout fisherman, even sixty feet is too close; 600 feet would be preferable. So... kind of a non-issue.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny. I was thinking the same thing. I don't want anybody else near me when I'm fishing. As for the writers, you can find them on all sides of every issue. Nowadays I fear they do not even bother to cross check.
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