Tom Woods on the changing Covid narrative

Maybe you've noticed the same phenomenon I have.  There's a sudden and distinct ratcheting down of the COVID hysteria in some quarters.  My old friend Steve Deace, the radio host, even compiled a bunch of them. 

For example: 

NPR headline the day before the inauguration: 

"As Death Rate Accelerates, U.S. Records 400,000 Lives Lost to the Coronavirus" 

NPR headline the day after the inauguration: 

"Current, Deadly U.S. Coronavirus Surge Has Peaked, Experts Say" 

Then, too: 

The governor of Kansas lowered the PCR testing threshold (it's still too high, but that's a step in the right direction). 

Washington, D.C., is reopening bars and restaurants, and Massachusetts is easing restrictions. 

In Chicago, the mayor is calling for bars and restaurants to reopen as soon as possible, and unionized teachers are being punished for not returning to in-person instruction. 

The so-called Republican governor of Maryland is suddenly demanding the return of in-person schooling, arguing that there is absolutely no scientific justification for any further delay. 

I've already written to you about the governor of New York urging that the state must reopen or "nothing left to open." 

And then the World Health Organization issued a document, one hour after Biden was sworn in, explaining that PCR cycle thresholds were too high, and our obsession with asymptomatics too great. 

Now look: this could all just be an amazing coincidence.  I do not rule that out.  I am saying only that it's interesting.  Because it is, isn't it?

~ Tom Woods, January 22, 2021