Liberty Vittert

OPINION December 23, 2020

Liberty Vittert: As COVID deaths mount, greatest gift we can give our loved ones is to stay away

With COVID-19 infections at a record high, the greatest gift the young can give to the old, children can give to parents, and grandkids can give to grandparents is the gift of distance, to avoid transmitting the coronavirus.

OPINION December 20, 2020

Liberty Vittert: US must end imports of Chinese products made with slave labor and protect oppressed Uighurs

Iconic companies are reportedly using slave labor in their Chinese factories, in a horrific violation of human rights — making a mockery of their carefully crafted images as socially conscious.

OPINION December 4, 2020

Liberty Vittert: Biden should halt sales to China of US tech used to persecute and enslave Uighur Muslims

The Chinese Communist government is currently enslaving about 1 million Uighurs — members of a Muslim ethnic group — in “reeducation centers” that have been described as high-tech concentration camps.

OPINION November 5, 2020

Liberty Vittert: Trump is wrong — pollsters didn’t deliberately make inaccurate election forecasts

President Trump told reporters Thursday that pollsters very deliberately made false claims that Joe Biden had a big lead in the presidential race in order to suppress Trump votes and help Biden be elected president. As a statistician and polling expert, I have to respectfully disagree.

OPINION March 21, 2020

Liberty Vittert: How much of our liberty and privacy must we sacrifice in war on coronavirus?

I’m starting to get really scared ... and not of the coronavirus. I’m scared about the loss of liberty people around the world are experiencing as normal life grinds to a halt and we hunker down and keep our distance from each other to stop the spread of this microscopic terror.opi

OPINION March 17, 2020

Liberty Vittert: Social distancing for coronavirus will save lives – look at these numbers

Images from Clearwater Beach, Fla., Monday show thousands of people frolicking in the sun, oblivious to the clear and present danger affecting all Americans right now. 

OPINION February 28, 2020

Liberty Vittert: Coronavirus by the numbers -- what is your real risk as the outbreak continues to spread?

Let’s take a look at the latest report by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to really understand what it means for your individual risk of infection -- in normal language. 

OPINION February 11, 2020

Liberty Vittert: How many times will you fall in love in your lifetime?

We’ve all wondered, is there such a thing as “the one.”

OPINION December 30, 2019

Liberty Vittert: Vaccinate your children  — measles is back because fears and lies are trumping science

The measles virus recently has been detected in at least five different U.S. airports. This should scare you.

OPINION December 27, 2019

Liberty Vittert: End climate change zealotry – rancor prevents progress on the real issues

Two statistics highlight the crux of the issue with environmental concerns, pollution and climate change as a whole.