Our state faces a very serious problem with Covid-19: our care homes remain disaster areas and ICU occupancy continues to rise. State government and local media should not be trying…
Back in September, I wrote: For the time being at least, while COVID-19 is still with us, the data is clear: The emergency period of this pandemic is over. I…
Gov. Walz was correct to sign an order allowing healthcare workers licensed in other states to work in Minnesota. If this is good policy in time of a crisis, it…
Minnesota's Covid-19 model makers are getting a chance to redeem their failure.
As the Italian and German examples show, Gov. Walz was probably correct in March when he said that the spread of Covid-19 couldn't be stopped.
If the share of Minnesota’s ICU beds in use is the correct benchmark for Gov. Walz’ Covid-19 emergency measures, the state's numbers show that, at present, we don't need to…
The Covid-19 pandemic is a bleak medical episode. A new report from Freedom House finds that it is also turning out to be a bleak episode for freedom.
The government should keep COVID-era cuts to bureaucratic red tape.
Accepting Gov. Walz' argument that the spread of Covid-19 cannot be stopped and that all we can do is build up capacity to cope with its acute cases, the share…
As with the positivity rate, it isn't clear that the ratio of community spread cases makes a very useful benchmark for whether Minnesota is in a state of emergency or…
The data has consistently failed to support the state government's dire warnings. Rather than ditching the dire warnings, the state government is ditching the data.
As long as testing is not truly 'random', the positivity rate is an unreliable benchmark.
For the time being at least, while COVID-19 is still with us, the data is clear: The emergency period of this pandemic is over.
“Buckle it up for a few more weeks,” Gov. Walz said, nearly 22 weeks ago. But somewhere along the line we went from 'Two weeks to flatten the curve' to…
Both ICU and non-ICU hospitalizations for Covid-19 have been flat since the start of August.
The initial lockdown made sense as long as good use was made of the time to analyze data and formulate an effective policy. Now, though, the raw numbers do not…
Covid-19 is not equally dangerous to everybody. Some are more likely to be infected than others. Of those who are, some are more likely to be hospitalized, need ICU care,…
Using a preposterously flawed scientific model, Gov. Tim Walz waged a campaign of fear to shut down Minnesota’s economy.
Using a preposterously flawed scientific model, Gov. Tim Walz waged a campaign of fear to shut down Minnesota’s economy.
Which ‘science’ should policymakers believe?
Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations are down in Minnesota, not that you'd know it from some of the state's leading media outlets.
While we need to remain vigilant in the fight against this disease, the data offers no reason to either impose new measures, like a statewide mask mandate, or continue some…
The state's much vaunted Covid-19 model has failed and we have every reason to junk it and many of the measures it has justified. This includes Gov. Walz’ emergency powers.
If current trends hold and Covid-19 ICU usage is in the region of 250-300 on July 13th when the model forecasts 3,700, we will have every reason to junk it…