"While the Covid-19 epidemic continues to drag on in the United States, it’s largely over in Sweden where fatalities have dropped to no more than 2 deaths per day for the last week."

For a little perspective, Sweden has a population that is almost double that of Minnesota but whose death rate is now less than Minnesota's death rate. Sweden is almost done with its First Wave. Minnesota, not so much. So when you hear somebody bad-mouthing Sweden, you know what their agenda is. This is about a 7-minute read.

“Panicked by fears manufactured by the ruling class, the American people assented to being put essentially under house arrest until further notice, effectively suspending the habits, preferences, and liberties that had defined our way of life.”

This is a more than 15-minute read. What history will record as the great COVID scam of 2020 is based on 1) a set of untruths and baseless assertions—often outright lies—about the novel coronavirus and its effects; 2) the production and maintenance of physical fear through a near-monopoly of communications to forestall challenges to the U.S. ruling class, led by the Democratic Party, 3) defaulted opposition on the part of most Republicans, thus confirming their status as the ruling class’s junior partner. No default has been greater than that of America’s Christian churches—supposedly society’s guardians of truth.

Belarus said no to "aid" and exposes the whole scheme. This is a three-minute read.

“It is a widely accepted fact that China has stolen U.S. intellectual property worth billions of dollars. The U.S. government recently ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas, which Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) described as a “central node of the Communist Party’s vast network of spies & influence operations in the United States.””

As the summer goes on, schools are refining and finalizing how they will conduct school in the fall. Already, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and San Diego have declared schools will not re-open physical classrooms and others will follow. Many districts have suggested revised schedules, including part of the students attending one day or week and others another day or week, staggered drop-off and pickup times, mask-wearing at all times, social distancing, food brought from home, and no shared use of common resources. Teacher unions are beginning to object to sending teachers, particularly those in the higher risk age groups, back into the classroom and parents have understandable concerns for their children as well.

Even if you don't have kids in school, take a look at the CDC recommendations.

“Today in news about the radical left-wing censorship machines our social media companies have become, it was exposed this week that Facebook's fact-checker, Lead Stories, is an outfit that is stocked to the brim with ex-CNN staffers.”

While we are not yet quite done with the issue, it does look like Sweden deserves less criticism. We don't recall, in the history of medicine, that there was ever a quarantine of healthy people, it was always the sick ones that were quarantined. In the US, the motivation first came to light by a high school student winning a science fair by modeling social distancing and its effects on epidemics. We think we need more adults in the room.

So keep your eye on the issue along with South Dakota.

Here is an anonymous post from across the pond as they say.  We suggest you don't share it on Facebook or Twitter. If you want to share with friends, email the page link. After reading this we suggest you treat your first responder and healthcare providers well. We have no idea what kind of pressure they may be under.

There are still some good Journalists left. They possess principals, professionalism, values, and courage.  The Gray Lady is little more than bird-cage liner. In case you wondered, We don't have much use for the NYTimes stories. Most of our readers can't open it because of the pay-wall.

“Leftists have called for a boycott over the brand after its CEO publicly praised President Donald Trump. Instead, conservatives took matters into their own hands and are reportedly buying more Goya products than they normally would to show support for the company, its CEO and the President. It's being called a "Buy-Cott". “