‘Will End Up Hurting Tens of Millions’: Progressives Push Back as Dems Weigh Lower Income Cutoff for Stimulus Checks
“Means testing is a form of austerity. Scaling back on stimulus would be a mistake.”
Read more...Category Archives: Pandemic
Covid Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions
Rich countries are subverting a program to assure that poor nations can afford Covid vaccines. Is a WTO mechanism a way out?
Read more...Long-Haul Covid Cases Cast New Light on Chronic Fatigue Sufferers
Getting a better understanding of long Covid, including its worrisome frequency.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren’s Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Robinhood/GameStop Intervention
Elizabeth Warren is back in swinging hard, but she’s not yet connecting with the balls.
Read more...New Covid Cases Plunge 25% or More as Behavior Changes
A dozen states are reporting drops of 25% or more in new covid-19 cases and more than 1,200 counties have seen the same, federal data released Wednesday shows. Experts say the plunge may relate to growing fear of the virus after it reached record-high levels, as well as soaring hopes of getting vaccinated soon.
Read more...Deaths of Despair and the Incidence of Excess Mortality in 2020
An effort to decompose deaths of despair under Covid.
Read more...Vaccination Chaos Fuels Push to Recall Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom needs to pull his vaccination program out of its nosedive. Is he up to the task?
Read more...Oxford Pledged to Donate Covid Vaccine Rights, Then Sold Them, Thanks to Bill Gates
Oxford planned an anti-capitalist solution for a global health problem. Then Bill Gates got involved.
Read more...COVID-19 Has Exposed the Fragility of Our Food System—Here’s How We Can Localize It
The pandemic has shown the need to localize food production. Farms from Northern California to Canada are creating regional food systems.
Read more...‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US
America’s inability to devise and implement Covid-containment strategies in schools illustrates why the disease won’t be vanquished soon.
Read more...Reader Query: Getting a Covid Vaccine in Your Area
ow difficult is the process for getting a Covid vaccine where you live?
Read more...Coronavirus and Banking: Evaluating Policy Options for Avoiding a Financial Crisis
A scorecard for various approaches to combatting the looming European banking crisis.
Read more...A Healthy Microbiome Builds a Strong Immune System That Could Help Defeat COVID-19
A happy gut = better immune responses = higher odds of beating back Covid. Eat more pickles!
Read more...COVID-19 Is Pushing Migrants Back to Their Home Countries
With Covid-19 driving many migrants to return to their countries of origin, governments need to implement better reintegration plans.
Read more...The Next Neoliberal President…
A clear eyed and therefore not cheery look at where President Biden is set to take the US.
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