Category: covid hysteria

A Brief History of Disease Hysteria

Commentary For the past half-century or more, manufactured scares have been a recurrent part of life. Every year a very small number of people are killed (usually only 1) or injured by bears here in Hokkaido, Japan. However, the news media invariably plays up these incidents. As a result, for a few weeks every year…


Disturbing Video Shows Last Moments of Patient’s Life After Mask Dispute at Toronto Hospital

A disturbing video of an altercation between two hospital security guards and Stephanie Warriner—a patient who lost consciousness and never woke up after the interaction over her mask being pulled down under her chin—has been published by various media outlets. On Jan. 12, CTV News Toronto released new video footage showing 43-year Warriner being confronted…