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Irony Abounds as the Left Politicizes the C****av***s


By Victor Davis Hanson
Published November 19, 2020

Irony abounds as the left politicizes the c****av***s


Where has the c****av***s gone?
Nowhere. The p******c has gained a second wind, even as it is mysteriously scarcer in post-e******n headlines. If anything, C****-** seems more contagious as cold temperatures arrive, people stay in indoors and perhaps their vitamin D levels taper off.
Wh**ever one's views on the v***s — whether it remains an existential threat or, contrarily, prompts overreactive lockdowns that are more harmful and maybe even deadlier than the v***s itself — nothing much has changed since E******n Day.
Or did v***l perceptions suddenly change? The p******c certainly no longer serves as an e******n lever to demagogue President Trump as a veritable k**ler.
States such as California are under near-complete lockdown. Draconian measures will abbreviate Thanksgiving gatherings in a way unprecedented in U.S. history. Yet elites such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have violated the quarantines they have endorsed.
Following the media announcement that Joe Biden would likely become president, crowds swarmed into the streets of San Francisco and Los Angeles. They violated every state mandate requiring masks and social distancing. Authorities did nothing — just as they had done nothing during the summer-long protesting and r**ting. Apparently, some outdoor gatherings were correct; others, not so much.
A similar warping of science accompanied news about the possible rollout of a C****-** v*****e.
Julie Kelly of the conservative website American Greatness has documented the changing narratives about the P****r C****-** v*****e. P****r is one of five companies in line to receive massive federal funding under the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed program to hasten mass v******tions. Such an ambitious program is unmatched in the history of v***l epidemiology. Another company in the program, M*****a, announced promising results from a clinical trial on Nov. 16.
P****r CEO Albert Bourla predicted in early September that by the end of October, his company would offer a preliminary announcement concerning the safety and effectiveness of his company's v*****e. His forecast was met with apprehension on the left. Any positive assessment was seen by the left as political, validating the Trump administration's rapid response to the v***s shortly before the e******n.
Yet on Oct. 27, a week before the e******n, P****r corrected Bourla's earlier estimate. The company claimed any such declaration would follow rather than precede the e******n.
"For us, the e******n is an artificial milestone," Bourla said. "This is going to be not a Republican v*****e or a Democrat v*****e. It will be a v*****e for the citizens of the world."
Admirable rhetoric. But a few days after the e******n, P****r abruptly announced that in mass human trials, its v*****e had proven 90 percent effective and safe after all.
Still odder than the recalibrated timing was what the company did next.
First, a P****r official claimed that the company had never been part of Operation Warp Speed. In an earlier press release, P****r had bragged about being an integral player in the multibillion-dollar federal effort to rush the v*****e into use. The day after the denial about being part of the program, a company spokesman conceded that the company is, in fact, part of Operation Warp Speed.
Second, P****r gave notice of its purported breakthrough not in a press conference or a communique to the sitting president. Instead, according to Joe Biden, the company contacted his campaign's "public health advisers."
Apparently, P****r had, in fact, been guided by the "artificial milestone" of the e******n, even if inadvertently.
Or was P****r trying to gain political support for its v*****e rollout from Biden, who was an overwhelming favorite in almost all the pre-e******n polls? Members of Biden's campaign team told Bloomberg News that Biden advisers had met with officials at companies that are working on v*****es before the e******n.
Why would P****r act in such a way?
Perhaps because skeptics Biden and running mate Kamala Harris had downplayed the notion of a Trump push to get millions of Americans v******ted.
Weeks before the e******n and the expected P****r announcement, Biden had scoffed: "I trust v*****es. I trust scientists. But I don't trust Donald Trump."
Harris demonized a potential Operation Warp Speed v*****e during a vice p**********l debate: "If Donald Trump tells us to take it, I'm not taking it."
Before the e******n, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, derided the notion of a pre-e******n v*****e announcement. After the P****r announcement, Cuomo blasted the Trump administration, claiming it should get no credit for the speed of the v*****e development but lots of blame for a predicted slow rollout.
Irony abounds. Those who accused Trump of playing politics with the v***s made him look like a relative amateur through their own machinations. Those who claimed they were guided by science proved unscientific in their partisanship.
No wonder Americans remain so skeptical of the experts in general and the Washington administrative state in particular.
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They can't smoke on planes, trains, parks, or buildings. They can't shoot up their neighbors houses or blow up stuff without a permit. They can't drive anywhere they want at wh**ever speed they want. They can't have sex with whoever they fancy, or withdraw money from a bank without an account. They can't drive smashed or high. There's a whole library of congress of stuff they cannot or must do.............................................................but telling them they must wear a mask when around other people, or keeping their distance.....................is infringing upon their liberty.

What should be a no brainer..............................is complicated by people who don't know how to use theirs.