[...] Even worse for these elites, the Trump Doctrine is in almost every way the repudiation of the sainted Obama Doctrine of betraying America’s allies and toadying to its enemies. But it is also rejects much of the Bush Doctrine, which saw America dragged into pointless, endless wars.

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[...] The fact that we have allowed our government to exert the unprecedented power of shutting down our businesses and calling a halt to our daily, weekly, monthly liberties over a Chinese virus, which actually won’t kill 98-99% of our population, is a terrifying spectacle in its total overreach.

[...] The relatively benign political environment in New Zealand is enough to stop most New Zealanders from worrying about their liberty - which is precisely the reason I’m alert to the threat this Government has become.

[...] Current assumptions about COVID-19’s virulence and mortality rate are mostly based on incomplete information. Like many countries, especially in the early phases of the pandemic, Italy did not test widely for the virus. Instead, only the obviously sick were tested.