COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been deficient and disorganized, suffering from flaws that plague the U.S. for-profit health care system.
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Monday, October 13, 2025
Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Pandemic
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:50 am | Comments Off on Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.
Links 12/26/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 297 Comments »
The Fall of Byron and the Oscar Wilding of Johnny Depp
Lord Byron and his fictional ilk came to unseemly ends, which seems fiting punishment for romantic indiscretions. So why are they being written out?
Topics: Curiousities, Guest Post, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:38 am | Comments Off on The Fall of Byron and the Oscar Wilding of Johnny Depp
Rolling Out the Vaccine
More discussion of vaccine policy, such as it is.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:15 am | Comments Off on Rolling Out the Vaccine
Links 12/25/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 175 Comments »
Quick Notes on the Brexit Deal
Brexit: an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is.
Topics: Banana republic, Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Globalization, Pandemic, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:56 am | 48 Comments »
Larry Summers’ Opposition to $2000 Covid Payments Confirms Our Classic: “Why Larry Summers Should Not Be Permitted to Run Anything More Important than a Dog Pound”
Larry Summers is at it again.
Topics: Banana republic, Banking industry, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:30 am | 70 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler Christmas Eve 2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 93 Comments »
Links 12/24/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 228 Comments »
A Mini-Tour of Christmas/Holiday Feasts and Traditions
Christmas traditions vary considerably. What are the ones in your part of the world like?
Topics: Curiousities
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 55 Comments »
Explaining Fiscal Multipliers, a Stealthy but Important Budget Battleground (Part 1)
Fiscal multipliers, an economic concept often misused to justify austerity, is rearing its head in Beltway budget debates. Time to bone up.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:46 am | 20 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/23/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 153 Comments »
Secular ‘Values Voters’ Are Becoming an Electoral Force in the US – Just Look Closely at 2020’s Results
More voters admit to not being religious. How does that play out in US politics?
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 17 Comments »
Links 12/23/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 220 Comments »
Why Are Shootings Up in New York City? We Asked Four People on the Front Lines
“Becaue Covid” may not fully explain the rise in shootings in New York and other big cities.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Pandemic, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:34 am | 40 Comments »