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Episode 10: The Eeyore Syndrome

Hosted by Victor Davis Hanson
A New York City Fire Department Emergency Medical technician wearing protective gear responds to a call for a sick patient during the outbreak of the coronavirus in New York City, March 27, 2020. (Stefan Jeremiah/Reuters)

On today’s episode, Victor discusses the gloomy Eeyore-channeling prognosticators and the strategic upside of their being always pessimistic; the sheer amount of deaths from other diseases — and how they prompt no America shut-down; South Dakota governor Kristi Noem’s bucking the one-size-fits-all epidemic-policy response; how COVID-19 has achieved Advantaged Disease status; the EU’s failure to bear its rightful burden for global safety and security; and President Trump’s favorable/unfavorable numbers.

VDH: The Eeyore Syndrome

VDH: America Is Still a Global Leader

Daily Wire: Governor Kristi Noem Will Not Shut Down Her State

William Bennett and Seth Liebsohn: An Advantaged Disease, Indeed

Andrew McCarthy: Dramatic Reduction in Covid-19 Disaster Projections

How to order the new paperback edition of The Case for Trump. 

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