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“#The not-so-deadly second spike and other commentary<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 23, 2020 |<\/span> 5:12pm <\/p>\n

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\n Pandemic watch: About That Second Spike.\u2009.\u2009. <\/strong><\/p>\n

With US coronavirus \u201cinfections up 15 percent in two weeks,\u201d some see a \u201cconfirmation of the folly of reopening society far too soon,\u201d notes Ross Clark at Spectator USA. Not so fast: While the graph of cases \u201ccould be described as a second spike, the graph of deaths has stubbornly refused to follow suit. Quite the reverse\u201d: It\u2019s down to 600, from 2,000 a day in April, \u201cand falling steadily.\u201d Why? Four possibilities: \u201cMore cases are being recorded, as a result of ramping-up of testing; the disease is becoming less virulent; we are getting better at treating it; or the disease has started infecting less-vulnerable groups.\u201d There is some evidence for them all, but the bottom line remains: Using \u201ca rise of recorded infections\u201d to \u201craise the specter of a deadly second spike is not telling the full story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Urban desk: Don\u2019t Count Manhattan Out<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ignore the \u201cdoleful predictions\u201d of \u201curban-averse pundits who\u2019ve forecast the demise of American cities for a half a century,\u201d advises Steve \u00adCuozzo at City Journal: \u201cThe reality is otherwise.\u201d About 80 percent of Americans live in metro areas, a percentage that \u201chas grown decade by decade,\u201d and \u201ca three-month hiatus in the normal commercial thrum won\u2019t likely be a destiny-changer.\u201d Data suggest that \u201ccompanies are in no rush to downsize their real-estate footprints\u201d; indeed, \u201cfuture density restrictions will force some companies to need more, not less, space.\u201d And many people \u201clong to recapture the camaraderie and creative tension of a shared workspace.\u201d Despite the fearmongering, then, \u201cthe lights will likely go back on over Manhattan\u2019s skyline and stay on for a long time to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iconoclast: The Virtue of Moderation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contra Barry Goldwater (sort of), \u201cmoderation in pursuit of justice is essential,\u201d argues The Week\u2019s Damon Linker. \u201cRadical acts\u201d that many can \u201cview as acts of injustice in their own right\u201d \u2014 from cancel culture to activists seeking to \u201cfire professors for failing to affirm\u201d left-wing positions to \u201cmobs of protesters unilaterally deciding to tear down or deface statues\u201d \u2014 come from \u201cpolitically poisonous and destructive assumptions\u201d that we can \u201cfully master or purge\u201d our past, \u201ca fiction\u201d that can only \u201cbring political ruin.\u201d Don\u2019t try to \u201ccut free from\u201d our \u201cboth stunningly beautiful and grotesquely ugly\u201d history; make improvements \u201cin a spirit of moderation.\u201d It\u2019s \u201cespecially difficult\u201d to convince people of these facts in \u201cour time of partisan and ideological polarization\u201d \u2014 but that\u2019s \u201chow progress is almost always made.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conservative: Don\u2019t Jeopardize Racial Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cfrenzy of statue iconoclasm\u201d has turned into a \u201ctheater of the \u00adabsurd,\u201d assaulting the very principles of Western civilization that allow racial progress, cautions Henry Olsen at The Washington Post. Though imperfect, \u201cbrave warriors\u201d like George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant fought to \u201cmore fully implement\u201d the \u00ad\u201cimmortal principle\u201d that all men are created equal \u2014 \u201cAmerica\u2019s gift to the world\u201d \u2014 and protesters who tear down statues of them \u201cmock and dishonor\u201d that idea. Only \u201cmodern Western civilization\u201d has allowed \u201cthe peaceful, pan-racial democracies protesters say they want.\u201d The American \u201cedifice\u201d built these past two centuries is a \u201csolid foundation\u201d on which to improve; \u201cwe must not burn it down in the vain hope that a better future can emerge from its bonfire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Legal beat: The End of Women\u2019s Sports?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits \u201cworkplace discrimination against transgender employees\u201d is \u201cfrighteningly problematic\u201d for the future of female sports, warns Jennifer Braceras at The Hill. Traditionally, courts have found the act to allow \u201cpolicies that separate or distinguish between males and females on the basis of biological differences.\u201d But the new ruling found \u201can employer discriminates \u2018because of sex\u2019 any time that an employee\u2019s sex factors into an adverse employment decision.\u201d If that\u2019s true, a male student has \u201cthe right to try for a spot (and, potentially, a scholarship) on a women\u2019s team,\u201d forcing women to \u201close spots on athletic teams with limited rosters.\u201d Some activists want exactly that \u2014 and the Supreme Court\u2019s decision gives them \u201ca powerful new weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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