The media declare new COVID panic as the Biden administration tells everyone to mask up again.

Mayors across the land violate their own COVID mandates and Democrats call for an endless

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Alrighty, so the panic is out there.

People are panicked.

It's all over. Delta is just like it's like a brand new virus.

We're never going back to normal. Everybody freak out, except don't freak out. And the reason I say not to freak out is because the stats say that you really should not freak out.

And they say that for a couple of reasons. If you look at the United States COVID deaths right now, day on day, they continue to maintain

somewhere in the 300 to 400 range in terms of seven-day rolling average of death in the

United States, according to the New York Times. The seven-day rolling average as of today is

362. Once again, about 320 people every day die of Alzheimer's in the United States. About 1,800

people in the United States die of heart disease every day. At Alzheimer's in the United States. About 1,800 people in the

United States die of heart disease every day. At the height of the pandemic, for the 1,000th time,

we are in the 3,000 number 3 to 4,000 a day dying. We've now lowered that mark by about

10fold. And yet everyone is still telling you that you ought to panic and you never cease panicking.

We should freak out.

Just keep freaking out forever.

Now, here is your quick reminder.

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