It would be really nice if some of these health departments were more informative in terms of having some of this data at hand to say, oh, okay, yeah, we actually made this based on some facts. Here you go.

From shutting down schools to banning the sale of open-toed shoes, official policies seek to stymie coronavirus.

But based on what?

From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media.

I'm Bob Garfield.

The paranoia energizing the American right has old roots, very old.

All conspiracy theories tend to have some similar structures.

You've heard this song before.

This is a cover song.

This is not an original.

Plus, Obama's chief White House photographer reflects on the makings of a lucky shot.

I've prepared myself for moments like that my whole life.

You have to anticipate them.

Unfortunately, I didn't screw it up. It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. Brooke Gladstone is away. I'm Bob Garfield.

This week, a quarter million deaths into a historic pandemic whose latest wave is

ravaging the heartland came the news that public health restrictions to keep Americans alive

are still an attack on liberty. Trump administration spokeswoman Kaylee McAnney. Yeah, I think

a lot of the guidelines you're seeing are Orwellian.

Yeah, something's Orwellian.

It isn't masks.

Meanwhile, South Dakota Governor Christine Nome continued to castigate mask mandates and other

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