This week, Amanda shares her Lived Experience™ with Omicron, or the most anticlimactic cold ever. Then we discuss the Biden administration’s pivot on COVID-19, along with Rochelle ‘Speaking in a Personal Capacity’ Walensky’s admission that PCR tests—which are being used to sideline workers and shutter schools as we speak—can be positive for up to 12 weeks post-infection. In order to illustrate the devastating consequences of relying on PCR-determined case rates to make academic and economic decisions, Amanda and Maurice review UCLA’s woefully misguided ‘decision matrix,’ which will likely force its 97% vaccinated student body in front of their screens for the next quarter. The two close with a light item: New Year’s resolutions for libertarians. 

Mentioned on the Show

CDC, Biden Administration Pivot on COVID-19 Strategy:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/27/biden-says-covid-surge-needs-to-be-solved-at-state-level-vows-full-federal-support.html 

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html 

UCLA’s Decision Matrix:

https://ucla.app.box.com/s/mv32q624ojihohzh8d0mhhj0b3xluzbz 

PCR Tests Can Be Positive Up to 12 Weeks After Infection, says Rochelle ‘Speaking in a Personal Capacity’ Walensky:

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-12-29/cdc-director-defends-not-recommending-coronavirus-tests-in-updated-isolation-quarantine-guidance 

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