US Military Will Mandate The COVID-19 Vaccine For All Active Duty Personnel
In a move that was inevitable, the US military will mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for all troops by the middle of September.
Category: Coronavirus
Judge Blocks Florida’s “Vaccine Passport Ban”: Read It For Yourself
A Federal Judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Florida “Vaccine Passport Ban” setting the stage for a prolonged legal wrangling over the hot button issue.
Giving Up Our Shot: Dealing With the Unvaccinated
Social media and television have magnified the anti-vaxers and have distorted who makes up the unvaccinated
Mandatory Vaccination? In THIS Country?
In 1905 the Supreme Court held that government has a right to mandate vaccinations. So, would Jacobson hold up to a Covid-19 vaccine mandate?
A Bad Number in A Good Cause: A Scientist’s Plea About COVID Vaccine Numbers
I am going to ask folks nicely: please please stop putting out COVID vaccine numbers like this. Without context, it is absolutely meaningless
Video Throughput: Pericarditis From COVID-19 Vaccine? Edition
Are the recent reports of young people getting pericarditis from COVID-19 vaccine a reason to stop vaccinating them? Let’s take a look at the risks involved.
Vaccination Rates Slow to A Crawl, Worrying Officials
Administered vaccination rates for Covid-19 have fallen by two-thirds from their April peak, imperiling the goal of 70% vaccinated nationwide.
$999 Problems, But a Discount If Covid-19 Vaccination Proof Isn’t One
Leave it to a Florida concert promoter to find an end around to a Ron DeSantis executive order requiring Covid-19 vaccination proof
Thursday Throughput: The Economy of Lockdowns
After a year of evidence, the claim that you must choose between saving the economy and stopping the virus is simply not true.
Wednesday Writs: The Willy-nilly Invocation of The Nuremberg Codes Edition
No, promoting vaccinations are not in “violation of the Nuremberg codes”. And I thought the willy-nilly invocation of HIPAA was bad.
Wuhan Lab-leak Theory Timeline
The Washington Post has a timeline on the Wuhan lab-leak theory that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Things I Learned Teaching During a Global Pandemic
The big takeaway for me teaching this year has been that even in isolation, human connection is our greatest weapon in any sort of crisis
As Mask Mandates Slip, A Preemptive Plea Against Jackassery
After a year and half of mask mandates, you don’t have some insightful hot take on Covid that no one has yet heard by now.
The CDC and Misinformation Within The Parameters of Truth
The CDC has managed to project this image of ineffectual communicators whose nerdspeak is poorly conveyed by a scientifically illiterate media.
With US Covid Vaccine Stockpiles Mounting, Pressure to Help the World Mounts
With the Covid vaccine numbers going up, and unused doses starting to become an issue, questions are being asked of the Biden Administration
Judge Strikes Down CDC’s Eviction Moratorium: Read It For Yourself
The CDC’s eviction moratortium has been been struck down by a federal judge as overreaching and beyond that department’s legal authority.
FDA Expected to Approve Pfizer Vaccine for 12-15 Year Olds
The FDA considers granting authorization for the Pfizer vaccine that is already in use for those 16 and up for children as young as 12.
With COVID-19, the Global South Again Bears the Crisis Burden
We have asked the Global South to bear the brunt of nearly every crisis, from climate change to public health, but this is a chance to make some right calls.
The New Sumptuary Laws: Covid and the Return of Absolutism
The parallels between the sumptuary laws of old and the Covid restrictions of late are both revealing and instructive.
COVID, PCR and The Wrongness of Alex Berenson
A perfect illustration of what Berenson and others have been doing: making wild COVID claims contradicted by the very documents they cite.
