Subject: Re: Murthy vs Missouri , for the legal scholars
Despite his "drive by" style, he is correct.

No. He's engaging in a drive by to score points. I don't know who thinks that someone appearing out of nowhere to insult people on the internet is cool and all, but they can do whatever. But no one who claims to want to debate would find what he has to say enlightening. It's all partisan nonsense.

Why is Florida not as bad as Arizona or New Mexico? Remember "Ron DeathSantis"? He was going to kill everyone, remember? Why's his death rate close to the Big Gretch up in Michigan? Why is no mandate South Dakota essentially at the same level as megalockdown Oregon?

Drive by posters like him and ChatNPC want to score political points. They don't know enough about a topic to engage in an actual discussion and if they tried they embarrass themselves.

Red states eschewed masks. Some actually banned them, or tried to ban them. I note WA did really well (you must be proud of your governor at that time!).

LOL @ masks.
Spoiler alert: They didn't work.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/0...

The most rigorous and comprehensive analysis of scientific studies conducted on the efficacy of masks for reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses — including Covid-19 — was published late last month. Its conclusions, said Tom Jefferson, the Oxford epidemiologist who is its lead author, were unambiguous.

“There is just no evidence that they” — masks — “make any difference,” he told the journalist Maryanne Demasi. “Full stop.”

But, wait, hold on. What about N-95 masks, as opposed to lower-quality surgical or cloth masks?

“Makes no difference — none of it,” said Jefferson.

What about the studies that initially persuaded policymakers to impose mask mandates?

“They were convinced by nonrandomized studies, flawed observational studies.”

What about the utility of masks in conjunction with other preventive measures, such as hand hygiene, physical distancing or air filtration?

“There’s no evidence that many of these things make any difference.”

Boom. That's my foot going up the arse of the drive-by's posts.

So I'll ask again. Where's the apology for being really, really wrong on just about everything wrt Covid?

Don't get me started on Jay Inslee. He's an absolute joke of a governor.