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PLAGUE JOURNAL June 2020: Pop Cans & Plexiglass, Public Safety Performance Part 2
Our pandemic policies were designed to keep everyone on high alert when very little was happening and the risk of being in public was low.
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PLAGUE JOURNAL May 2020: Gloves, Masks, Public Safety Performance Part 1
First it was gloves and Purell, then masks. The important thing was to demonstrate what kind of person you were.
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PLAGUE JOURNAL August 2020: More Aerosols & Irrationality: Fear of Elevators, Lobbies, & Sidewalks.
Fauci and the media use the new “science” of aerosols to spread masks everywhere.
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February 2022

PLAGUE JOURNAL July 2020: Maintaining a Safe Distance from our News Feeds by Camping
Folk wisdom at eight thousand feet, social connection, distance from the dogma.
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PLAGUE JOURAL January 2021: David the Lionhearted, Part 2: Lying with Links
David Leonhardt of the New York Times "The Morning" demands more masks but offers no evidence that they work.
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PLAGUE JOURAL January 2021: David the Lionhearted Part 1: Fear, Masks, & Fauci
David Leonhardt of the New York Times "The Morning" demands more masks but offers no evidence that they work.
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November 2021

PLAGUE JOURNAL April 2020: Nail Salons, Interchangeable Minorities, Victims Everywhere
As some states allow small businesses to cautiously reopen, reporters cry racism.
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October 2021

PLAGUE JOURNAL June 2020: Re-opening Rituals: as Fatalities Decline, Calls for Safety Increase
The press and their followers settle on the forever playbook for keeping the public in thrall.
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September 2021

PLAGUE JOURNAL September 2021: Blaming Politicians for the Weather
A month ago, the media blamed Florida's Governor DeSantis for a spike in cases. Where are we now?
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PLAGUE JOURNAL May 2020: The Day the Fog Lifted
Although the media refused to see the natural world, our bodies knew when it was time to return to normal.
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PLAGUE JOURNAL April 2020: Human Sacrifice in Georgia During a Time of Increasing Good News
Markets see through the mayhem. Mulling human sacrifice in the Atlantic.
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PLAGUE JOURNAL September 2021: Rage for Sale: Old Media & New Media Dial for Dollars
The New York Times and Heather Cox Richardson's "Letters from an American" sell the same anger and disgust at fellow citizens.
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