James Grundvig – Emily Oster, an essayist for The Atlantic, published a plea asking to “declare a pandemic amnesty.” The social scientist writer, who publishes quarterly in the Marxist, pro-Covid magazine, floated the idea on Halloween.

Oster’s article went viral, just not as she or the editor at The Atlantic expected.

The blowback was instant, furious, and voluminous, filling the tweets on Elon Musk’s new Twitter and other social media platforms. Like trying to dislodge a chicken bone stuck in the back of the throat, the brief article triggered a large swath of people—all of their reactions have been negative. Continue reading →