[This article is excerpted from a talk given June 17, 2021, at the Mises Institute’s Medical Freedom Summit in Salem, New Hampshire.] Ladies and gentlemen, why are we here today? First, in a certain sense medicine in America is broken. Doctors and patients are unhappy, the quality of care deteriorates, and costs keep increasing. Even before covid,
Enough is enough. It is time to stop wearing masks, or at the very least to eliminate mask mandates in all settings. This is especially urgent for children in schools and universities, who suffer the effects of masks for long hours each day despite being at exceedingly low risk for death or serious illness from covid. We have a responsibility,
Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. Today’s headlines announced Donald and Melania Trump “tested positive” for covid-19. Another claims nineteen thousand Amazon workers “got” covid-19 on the job. Both of these pseudostories are sure to ignite another absurd media frenzy. As always, the story keeps changing: Remember
[Este artículo es un extracto de una charla pronunciada el 17 de junio de 2021 en la Cumbre de Libertad Médica del Instituto Mises en Salem, New Hampshire]. Señoras y señores, ¿por qué estamos hoy aquí? En primer lugar, en cierto sentido la medicina en Estados Unidos está rota. Los médicos y los pacientes están descontentos, la calidad de la
Ya es suficiente. Es hora de dejar de usar máscaras o, como mínimo, de eliminar los mandatos de uso de máscaras en todos los entornos. Esto es especialmente urgente para los niños en las escuelas y universidades, que sufren los efectos de las máscaras durante largas horas cada día a pesar de tener un riesgo muy bajo de muerte o enfermedad grave a
Los titulares de hoy anunciaron que Donald y Melania Trump «dieron positivo» para el covid-19. Otro afirma que diecinueve mil trabajadores del Amazonas «consiguieron» el covid-19 en el trabajo. Ambas seudohistorias seguramente encenderán otro absurdo frenesí mediático. Como siempre, la historia sigue cambiando: ¿Recuerdas los ventiladores, aplanar
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