Coronavirus

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BMS ep. 192: Extending AnCap Analysis for Vaccine Passports, Court Rulings, and Desegregation

In this episode, I use a February discussion between Dave Smith and Michael Malice as the springboard for my thoughts on diverse topics. On some issues I am just extending what Dave/Malice said, but on others I disagree with them.

BMS ep 164: Arguments on Mask Mandates

This starts with broccoli but ends with ice cream. Specifically, I point out that one of Biden’s Transition Team covid-19 experts back in June came out with stern warnings about mask mandates.

Yet Another Non Sequitur in the Coronavirus Debates

Steve Landsburg links to a Jeff Tucker article explaining that Woodstock occurred during a flu pandemic. Jeff writes: The flu spread from Hong Kong to the United States, arriving December 1968 and peaking a year later. It ultimately killed 100,000 people in the U.S., mostly over the age of 65, and one million worldwide. Lifespan […]

Bob Murphy Show ep. 118: David R. Henderson on the Anti-Stimulus Bill, and Organizing a Protest of the CA Lockdown

Here’s the audio, and video below:

BMS ep 117: Responding to Recent Economic Fallacies

Plus I give my thoughts on the labor market. Link here.

Another NYC Dr Talks About covid-19

This is interesting, especially how he says he felt the specialists were mistreating in the beginning.

Was Jesus Quarantined?

On Twitter, Jeff Tucker asked me to review his recent article using Jesus’ healing of a leper to comment on our current crisis. Let me summarize my two main reactions, and then elaborate on them: Contrary to the title of Jeff’s article, I actually don’t think the Bible account is saying Jesus was put into […]

BMS ep. 116: A Libertarian NYC Doctor Explains the Physiology of the Coronavirus

Before I jump into my podcast episode, let me mention: This is an old SlateStarCodex post on “conflict vs. mistake theory,” that I thought was very illuminating. Now then: My most recent podcast episode is the last I’ll do on the medical aspect of the coronavirus. It fell into my lap; this doctor (a pathologist […]