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Masks as a mark of solidarity.
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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.
Read more...Wastewater Surveillance Has Become a Critical Covid Tracking Tool, but Funding Is Inconsistent
“We can pretend it’s not happening, but the wastewater and the deaths are telling us a different story.”
Read more...Yet More Medically Bogus Covid Vaccine Profiteering: Requiring “Primary” Covid Shots to Get Omicron “Booster”
More botched Covid vaccine policy, lending support to suspicion that the real aim is lining the pockets of drug companies, not public health.
Read more...Failing CDC Chief Rochelle Walensky Makes Confession, Announces “Shake Up” via Committee When She Should Resign
Rochelle Walenksy makes an all-too-obvious gambit to save her spot at the CDC. But the very initiative proves she should resign.
Read more...Chip Shortages And Inflation Are Plaguing The Auto Industry
Chip woes still bedevil carmakers, to the degree that auto quality ratings are down, particularly for preimum vehicles.
Read more...Air Travel and Covid in the Biden “Let ‘Er Rip” Era: A Personal Risk Assessment
Safety in the air and on the ground.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Inflation as a Political Power Play Gone Wrong
Looking at inflation through a class warfare lens.
Read more...Book Review: A Global History of the Black Death
In “The World the Plague Made,” James Belich argues that the Black Death had a profound impact beyond Europe.
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