Jon Sanders

As Gov. Roy Cooper's mask order is apparently working so well he decided to do "something else" about the virus by socking the state into a curfew until sometime in 2021, here is this week's NC Threat-Free Index.

NC Policy Watch published a piece yesterday by Rob Schofield entitled “When it comes to the pandemic, the NC political right should #StoptheStupid.” It was accompanied by a graphic featuring a quote balloon of “I’m with STUPID!” flanked by coronaviruses. Part of Schofield’s piece ostensibly addressed an October 15 article…

Well over 300,000 (315,979) North Carolinians are presumed to be recovered from COVID-19, and active cases represent just 0.4% (four-tenths of one percent) of NC’s population.

In a recent research brief, I decried media and public officials creating a climate of fear and suspicion over the pandemic. I intimated that it was taking on quasi-religious trappings, but I hadn't asked for a fresh example. We got one all the same.

All considered, 99.6% of people in NC pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone

Especially because politics tends toward division, it's best to keep it a small part of life so that we can enjoy richer interactions with more people in our communities. Limited government that respects individual rights and freedoms necessarily keeps politics at a lower boil so that every election doesn't seem matters of life and death pitting good vs. evil.

How many North Carolinians are suffering dire health consequences from the negative unintended consequences of Cooper's orders?

All considered, 99.7% of people in NC pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone.