{"id":12727,"date":"2020-11-19T17:25:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T01:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=12727"},"modified":"2020-11-19T17:25:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T01:25:50","slug":"the-left-politicizes-covid-irony-abounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/the-left-politicizes-covid-irony-abounds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left Politicizes COVID: Irony Abounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ National Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where has the coronavirus gone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowhere. The pandemic has gained a second wind, even as it is mysteriously scarcer in post-election headlines. If anything, COVID-19 seems more contagious as cold temperatures arrive, people stay in indoors, and perhaps their vitamin D levels taper off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever one\u2019s views on the virus \u2014 whether it remains an existential threat or, contrarily, prompts overreactive lockdowns<\/a> that are more harmful and maybe even deadlier than the virus itself \u2014 nothing much has changed since Election Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or did viral perceptions suddenly change? The pandemic certainly no longer serves as an election lever to demagogue President Trump as a veritable killer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

States such as California are under a nearly complete lockdown. Draconian measures will abbreviate Thanksgiving gatherings in a way unprecedented in U.S. history. Yet elites such as California\u2019s Governor Gavin Newsom and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D., Calif.) have violated the quarantines they themselves have endorsed<\/a>.
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Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ National Review Where has the coronavirus gone? Nowhere. The pandemic has gained a second wind, even as it is mysteriously scarcer in post-election headlines. If anything, COVID-19 seems more contagious as cold temperatures arrive, people stay in indoors, and perhaps their vitamin D levels taper off. Whatever one\u2019s views on the virus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-3jh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12695,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/victor-davis-hanson-election-a-choice-between-rule-changing-and-respect-for-constitutional-norms\/","url_meta":{"origin":12727,"position":0},"title":"Victor Davis Hanson: Election a choice between rule-changing and respect for constitutional norms","author":"victorhanson","date":"November 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ Bozeman Daily Chronicle In traditional presidential campaigns, the two major parties offer contrasting ideas and policies. 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