When we talk about “reopening the economy,” restoring freedom is what we mean: The freedom to earn a living, to worship inside a church, to go shopping, to see a doctor in person, to have important bu… Read More

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases is surging in areas across the country and California is one of the hotspots. As restaurants, retail stores, and personal service shops are gradually opening,… Read More

The biggest impact of lockdowns that I’m seeing as a physician is people delaying needed medical treatment for fear of catching Covid. Cancer tests and diagnostic screenings are down about two-thirds,… Read More

The number of coronavirus cases are still on the rise in North Carolina. In parallel, the economy is in free fall. The state unemployment rate has more than tripled since February, and 1 million peopl… Read More

The media is churning out countless alarmist stories each day about the threat of COVID-19 and the dangers of societal reopening. “Risk of new lockdown rises with fear of second COVID-19 wave,&#… Read More

In March, a report from Imperial College London concluded that 2.2 million Americans could die as a result of the coronavirus—a finding broadly advertised in the mainstream media. At the time, the pro… Read More

Every death is a tragedy, but we need to weigh the risks posed by the coronavirus with the risks of an economic shutdown. Right now, the scales are tipped too far in the direction of viral containment… Read More

Poor economic prospects create bad public health outcomes of their own. Depression, substance abuse, domestic violence, and alcoholism all rise with unemployment. Hard alcohol sales have risen by 75 p… Read More

Countless small businesses are boarded up and bankrupt. Many have been forced to move from quarantines to curfews. According to one survey, one-third of them won’t be able to reopen. These Ameri… Read More

More than 100,000 Americans have died from Covid-19. Beyond those deaths are other casualties of the pandemic — Americans seriously ill with other ailments who avoided care because they feared contrac… Read More