Category Archives: Pandemic

Political HHS Appointees Demand Authority to Rewrite CDC Reports

Trump partisans and the ongoing war against the CDC; seeking authority to amend Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Reports.

NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

FDA mulls whether to follow British regulators in resuming a vacccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered spinal cord damage.

Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 4 – Total Paralysis Continues

Hubert Horan recaps a talk with FT Alphaville’s Izabella Kaminska on why the airline is in desperate shape and not considering solutions.

Wolf Richter: Unemployment Crisis Going in Wrong Direction: Week 25 of U.S. Labor Market Collapse

Unemployment claims continue to increase, with nearly 20% collecting unemployment insurance. even according to the stringent claims criteria.

What Rent Drop? Listed Prices Aren’t Budging Where COVID-19 Hit Hardest

New York City disproves popular beliefs about flight from cities and rent declines.

China Faces Food Shortage?

COVID-19 has rendered food security shaky, in the medium to long term, for many countries. Does China face impending food shortages?

‘The Situation Is Dire’: As Trump Takes Victory Lap, New Jobs Report Reveals Alarming Surge in Permanent Unemployment

As we cruise into Labor Day, the state of permanent U.S. unemployment is dire; and with no end in sight to the pandemic, will only worsen.

COVID: Where Science Goes To Die

A forceful critique of Covid-19 research.

Charter Schools Find Gold in Federal Government Aid to Small Businesses While Black-Owned Firms Get the Shaft

Due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, charter schools added to systemic inequities that afflict black communities.

US Tax Dollars Funded Every New Drug in the Last Decade

Amid debates over costs—and profits—from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study shows that taxpayers footed the bill for every new drug approved from 2010 to 2019

Fauci Says COVID Vaccine Trials Could End Early If Results Are Overwhelming

The FDA’s eagerness to launch a Covid-19 vaccine is not a way to win public trust, particularly in light of the agency’s record of bad calls.

Could Religious Exemptions Trump a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate? Well, That Depends

How far could US authorities readily go in implemeting a vaccine requirement?

Michael Hudson: How an “Act of God” Pandemic Is Destroying the West: The U.S. Is Saving the Financial Sector, Not the Economy

The coronavirus’ effect has been to help defeat the financial sector’s enemy, governments strong enough to regulate it.