FRESH BIPARTISAN SUSPICIONS AND DOUBTS OF THE WUHAN LAB: 1/4: When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder (Foreword)
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🗓️ 6 May 2024
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FRESH BIPARTISAN SUSPICIONS AND DOUBTS OF THE WUHAN LAB: 1/4: When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder (Foreword)
https://thebulletin.org/2024/05/republicans-and-democrats-investigating-the-origins-of-covid-19-find-a-common-target-peter-daszak/
https://www.amazon.com/When-Politicians-Panicked-Coronavirus-Opinion/dp/1642938378/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
When Politicians Panicked tells the tragic story of how, in response to a spreading virus, global politicians mindlessly pursued economic desperation, starvation, and death as the cure.
The global economy was booming as 2020 dawned, but within a few short months wreckage, death, and desperation borne of economic contraction were the new normal. What happened?
In When Politicians Panicked, economic commentator John Tamny tells the heart-wrenching story of a time when politicians were tragically relieved of basic common sense in their response to the new coronavirus.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Bachelor. This is the new John Bachelor show on CBS Audio Network and I welcome my colleague and long |
| 0:16.4 | informant of the economy, John Tamney, the editor of Real Clear Markets in |
| 0:21.5 | addition to other distinguished publications. |
| 0:25.0 | However, it is the author, John Tamney, I welcome, with his new book, |
| 0:29.0 | When Politicians Panicked, the new coronavirus, expert opinion, and a tragic lapse of reason. |
| 0:36.0 | Mr. Tamney, congratulations. |
| 0:38.4 | I take you immediately to the day itself for New York City where I live and work. |
| 0:44.0 | This is March 20, 2020. |
| 0:47.0 | The announcement from the Governor of New York, Mr Cuomo. |
| 0:51.0 | He says that he is closing down New York. |
| 0:55.5 | When I talk about the most drastic action we can take, this is the most drastic action we can |
| 1:00.6 | take. |
| 1:01.6 | We're going to take it to the ultimate step, which is we're going to close |
| 1:05.1 | the valve. The governor is thinking of the economy as a valve that opens and shuts. He then |
| 1:11.2 | orders a mandated shelter and place. He then orders a mandated shelter and place. He then orders a mandated closure for any business not in compliance with the Governor's orders to shut down, to lockdown. |
| 1:23.4 | He adds, your actions can affect my health. |
| 1:26.3 | That's where we are. |
| 1:27.4 | He stated, said the governor. |
| 1:30.7 | The question at that point was how long. That question wasn't answered that day. |
| 1:36.4 | There was the impression it was not a lengthy shutdown. |
| 1:40.7 | It was, however, a severe contraction immediately. |
| 1:45.0 | Mr. Tamney, March 20, 2020 for New York City. |
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