Category Archives: The Corona Mass Hysteria Pandemic

Keith Preston on Woke-Capitalism, the Corona-Panic, and “totalitarian humanist revolution”


______________ I present the following essay, by Keith Preston, on the Corona-Panic’s place in history, the Panic’s ties to Wokeness and “Woke Capitalism,” and to geopolitical developments playing out in the 2010s and 2020s. It is a unique perspective on … Continue reading

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The World Cup caused the Chinese anti-Lockdown protests


The cause and effect in visuals, for those many of you out there who prefer pictures to words: _______________ (originally written, December 2, 2022; revised and published, Dec. 7) _______________ The question: What galvanized some Chinese to — finally — … Continue reading

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On elite “Neutralism” during the Corona-Panic and the nature of Power: the case of Noah Rothman


Politics, it is said, is coalition building. Politics can also involve the equal and opposite to coalition building: identifying and undermining your opponent, or the opposing coalition. If there are “pro” and “anti” coalitions on some issue, the “pro” side … Continue reading

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Daniel Uhlfelder, the Covid-demagogue and Panic-pusher, runs for Florida attorney general 2022: his campaign and rivals


Daniel Uhlfelder was a highly active and visible member of the Covid “Pro-Panic” coalition in 2020 and 2021, the quintessential “Panic-pusher.” (See: “On Daniel Uhlfelder, Corona-activist and Panic-pusher; an exploration into ‘why’ some embraced the Panic.”) Now the prolific Covid-activist … Continue reading

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Germany’s Wrongest Man (Lauterbach) visits Washington, warns of imminent Covid catastrophe


[900 words] The German news today informs us that the excitable and extreme CoronaPanic-loyalist Karl Lauterbach has made an appearance in Washington July 21, 2022. The White House hosted him. The visit looks to have been an international Covid strategy … Continue reading

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A “wild” Corona-Reckoning may be coming in 2022-2024, Matthew Peterson of the Claremont Institute predicts


[1000 words] Will the guilty ever have to answer for the damage they did by pushing the Corona-Panic and disastrous policy responses, including the “Big V” [i.e., Covid-Vaccine]? This week Matthew J. Peterson weighed in with dark visions of a … Continue reading

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Former Corona-Panicker economist-blogger Tyler Cowen calls for “Covid laissez-faire” policy


[1500 words] The influential economist, professor, prolific blogger, and commentator Tyler Cowen now says this: “[U]nder current circumstances I favor complete ‘Covid laissez-faire’…” (“The new Covid equilibrium,” Marginal Revolution blog, May 18, 2022). This is of interest in part because … Continue reading

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Book review: “Covid-19: The Politics of a Pandemic Moral Panic” (2021): insights into the Corona-Panic in Canada and an intellectual framework for the Panic


(Part of an intended ongoing series of reviews-and-responses to books on the Corona-Panic of the early 2020s.) I liked this book, though it may not suit all audiences. COVID-19: The Politics of a Pandemic Moral Panic packs rather a lot … Continue reading

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In search of a “Ukraine-War-Panic”–“Corona-Panic” Venn diagram


An easy observation, it was, in late February and March 2022, to (ironically) say “the Ukraine-Russia war miraculously ended Covid!” On further consideration, it may not be so simple. I am interested in prying into this and finding a Venn … Continue reading

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Scenes from the “Defeat the Mandates” rally (Washington D.C., Jan. 23, 2022) and thoughts on its place in Corona-Panic history


A place there surely will be, in the annals of the early-2020s Corona-Panic, for the “Defeat the Mandates” rally, held Washington, D.C., on Sunday, January 23, 2022. To my knowledge, “Defeat the Mandates” was the largest single show-of-force protest- or … Continue reading

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Review of PANDEMIA by Alex Berenson


(18,000 words) Why did the Corona-Panic happen? As of this writing, there are some signs that the corner has been turned (really this time), that the Pro-Panic coalition of 2020-21 is softening and may soon break and not recover. That’s … Continue reading

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