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.
Category: Health
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.
Fearing Immunization Gap, West Virginia Tries Incentivizing Covid Vaccinations
With West Virginia having gone from leading the nation to lagging behind, Governor Jim Justice is getting creative and incentivizing Covid vaccinations.
The Children of Chernobyl Are Not, In Fact, Mutants
Some good news from the awful tragedy that was Chernobyl: there does not seem to be a generational issue with children of the liquidators
Covid in India Approaching Worst Case Scenario
The numbers coming out of the world’s largest democracy are stunning ad Covid in India reaches global records in new cases.
FDA Lifts Restriction of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
After pausing its use, the FDA has lifted restrictions on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for use in the United States.
CDC and FDA Against Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
Suspending the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine right now seems an over-reaction that is likely to get more people killed.
After Covid, Researchers Turn mRNA Vaccines To Flu Shots
The mRNA vaccine technology that brought the Covid-19 vaccines online in record time is now being eyed for the common flu shot.
Far Beyond Awareness: Autism and Acceptance
Awareness and acceptance: An avalanche of well-meaning words, both from those who take our side, and those who work at cross purposes to our very existence while claiming allegiance.
A Few Notes on COVID and Cats
I would compare having COVID to wading into a bog where you can’t see what lurks beneath the water-imagine the trash compactor in Star Wars.
