Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Telemedicine Tales
An MD who has supported telemedicine discusses some pitfalls in the Covid-era implementations.
Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part V – Dark Realities
A libertarian perspective on nobility, democracy, and lobbying.
Thousands of New York ‘Long Haulers’ Struggle with COVID-19 Months After Diagnosis
Some doctors estimate that there are as many as 70,000 “long Covid” patients in New York alone.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/16/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Demonizing Socialism and “Macroeconomic Populism”: Myths of Soft Budget Constraints
Some econmists have criticized industrial policy as zombie-crearting “macroeconomic populism.” Evidence indicates otherwise.
Brexit: Snake Eyes
Boris Johnson is pressing his Brexit luck, which wasn’t looking all that hot.
Isolation, Addiction, and Drug Use in the Covid-19 Moment
Covid is rough on pretty much everyone, but those with drug or other substance abuse issues are really on the ropes.
Trump’s Eviction Moratorium Opens the Door for Medicare for All by Executive Order
Since Covid-19 will be with us till at least the end oe 2021 (and I suspect longer), it opens the path for emergency Medicare for All.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/15/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
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.
Brazil’s Pantanal Wetland is On Fire, Joining Other Places Where Wildfires Rage or Have Recently Burned Out of Control
Brazil’s Pantanal wetland is burning, joining other rworld egions afflicted with climate change-fueled wildfires.
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.
