“Let Me See Your Smile” as Ugly Power Trip and Classification Struggle
I cannot recall such a combination of hoity-toity disparagement and society-wide officiousness in my lifetime
Read more...Category Archives: Pandemic
Book Excerpt: It’s Not Just Humans at Risk From Covid-19
To believe Covid-19 was engineered to target humans is to ignore its broad capacity for infecting other animals.
Read more...An Official Smoking Gun on #CovidIsAirborne Denial by Hospitals Because They Didn’t Want to Spend Money Changing Their Physical Plant
We’ve never had an official come right out and say “We’re not dealing with airborne transmission in hospitals because that would cost too much money.” Well, now one has.
Read more...A Wee Rant About the State of Travel
Travel is no fun.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Financial Party Is Coming to an Abrupt End
There seems to be no escape from looming economic and financial problems, but the officialdom will do it best to delay the reckoning.
Read more...The Covid-19 Guidance on CDC’s Website is a Crime Against Humanity
A massacre of the innocents.
Read more...The Inevitable Financial Crisis
We’re again in the Wile E Coyote phase of a financial crisis, but this time, the real economy problems are far worse than in 2008.
Read more...Maskstravaganza: Mask Fit, Mask Manufacturing, Masks on the Movie Set
Masks as a mark of solidarity.
Read more...The Lancet Commission on Lessons for the Future from the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Review
The Lancet Commission unintentionally shows that neolibealism helped cause the horrific public health response to Covid-19
Read more...How Ashish Jha and Rochelle Walensky of Newton, MA Protect Their Children from Covid (But not Yours)
But Jha and Walensky aren’t the only residents of Newton, thank heavens.
Read more...The Scientific Response to COVID-19: What Does the Biomedical Literature Say?
A look at what passes for research on Covid, and how we got there.
Read more...Hospital Infection Control Departments Tenaciously Resist Airborne Transmission, Aided by CDC
Another deep dive into the hellish netherworld of CDC’s horrid documentation.
Read more...6 Economic Experts Reveal the Truth About the Inflation Reduction Act
Is the Inflation Reduction Act good for your wallet? A climate bill in disguise? Landmark action or nothingburger?
Read more...‘Pandemic Is Far From Over’: People’s CDC Tells Congress to Fund Covid Response
Yves here. This is the first time I’ve come across the People’s CDC, and I like the cut of their jib. They have a series of demands for Covid action. And while continued “access” to vaccines is on the list, it’s their dead last action item, with N95 masks and ventilation and testing and improved […]
Read more...Socially Blindsided: Social Foundations of Pandemic Protection
This column focuses on two major societal characteristics: solidarity and agency. The authors show that the G7 countries differ dramatically in terms of these characteristics, which affect countries’ ability to cope with the pandemic. Furthermore, these societal characteristics can be influenced through public policies.
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