COVID-19 - Quillette (Page 2)

Making the (Conservative) Case for Vaccine Passports

In many parts of the world, the anti-vaccination cause is now closely associated with the right-leaning side of the political spectrum.

The Quillette Editorial Board

3 Sep 2021 · 9 min read

As Australia’s Politicians Enforce Yet Another Lockdown, Small Businesses Keep Suffering

Frustrated owners have pled for more advance notice of lockdowns and re-starts, so as to allow them to plan their work schedules, inventories, staff management, and customer communications.

Geoff Parkes

29 Aug 2021 · 10 min read

Vexed by the Un-Vaxxed

Civil society is based on the fundamental premise that we give up certain liberties to secure tranquility, defense, welfare, and greater liberty, such as the freedom from fatal diseases.

Michael Shermer

14 Aug 2021 · 13 min read

COVID-Zero: Was It Worth It?

If COVID-19 was your ancestor’s saber-tooth tiger, then the lives lost every day to COVID-Zero is the cost of running away.

James Newburrie

9 Aug 2021 · 11 min read

Vaccines and the Coronavirus Crank Crisis

Wrong to the bitter end, sceptics have taken this as a vindication of their do-nothing strategy and are celebrating the decline of a summer surge they said could never happen.

Christopher J. Snowdon

28 Jul 2021 · 16 min read

“Consider too what undesirable deaths occur in wartime. Men are killed in places where they knew they might be killed and to which they go, if they are at all of the enemy’s party, prepared. How much better for us if all humans died in costly nursing homes amid

Sam Ashworth-Hayes

8 Jul 2021 · 4 min read

Looking for COVID-19 ‘Miracle Drugs’? We Already Have Them. They’re Called Vaccines

The evidence that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are safe, and that they work, is about as solid as medical evidence gets.

Claire Berlinski and Yuri Deigin

6 Jul 2021 · 14 min read

On the Dangers of Big COVID

One need not posit some secret cabal of illuminati lizard people or the creation of a clandestine 5G-COVID bioweapon to make sense of the rise and potential dangers of Big COVID.

Michael Robillard

3 Jul 2021 · 14 min read

Australia's COVID Catch-22

Australia has every advantage under the sun: plentiful economic resources, a highly skilled workforce, and traditionally competent governments.

Matthew Lesh

30 Jun 2021 · 8 min read

The 'Lab Leak' Inquiry at the State Department

Anyone who cares about ensuring that the lab-leak hypothesis is taken seriously should probably be thanking me, rather than vilifying me.

Christopher Ashley Ford

14 Jun 2021 · 20 min read

Winners and Losers: The Global Economy After COVID

Taking advantage of the post-pandemic era may start with securing national health but will depend over time on creating better conditions for adaptive grassroots businesses.

Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger

4 Jun 2021 · 11 min read

Vaccine Hesitancy and the Paradox of Choice

While all the major vaccines have been deemed safe and effective, they are increasingly talked about as though they are different.

Andrew Glover

2 Jun 2021 · 4 min read

How Strong Was Taiwan’s COVID Response?

Taiwan’s COVID response will likely be remembered as one of the world’s best.

Ben Weinstein

1 Jun 2021 · 13 min read

The Geography of COVID-19

The ongoing pandemic is reshaping the geography of our planet, helping some areas and hurting others. In the West, the clear winners have been the sprawling suburbs and exurbs, while dense cores have been dealt a powerful blow. The pandemic also has accelerated class differences and inequality, with poor and