What do Pfizer and Moderna have in common with the Wuhan Institute of Virology? Neither will cooperate with researchers trying to save the world from Covid. See "Recommended Reading."
Covid-2019
Covid-2019
Thursday, September 8, 2022
In "Recommended Reading," learn about "original antigenic sin." No, it's a real thing. And it can make it difficult for variant-specific boosters of any vaccine to be fully effective.
Covid-2019
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
The Biden administration says you'll need a Covid shot every year. Follow the science! As Dr. Ashish K. Jha, White House Covid coordinator put it: "I really believe this is why God gave us two arms, one for the flu shot and another one for the Covid shot." Unfortunately, here is the scientific evidence on that: in the US, since the vaccines were rolled out in December 2020, daily cases have not improved at all. They've gotten far worse -- 72,046 at roll-out (in the midst of the so-called “dark winter”), and 127,110 today.
Covid-2019
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Catching up on our new Monkeypox contextualizer -- for the comparable number of days into the pandemic, COVID cases were 128 times more in the world, and 62 times more in the US.
Covid-2019
Monday, September 5, 2022
In "Recommended Reading," a New York Times headline blares "As China Imposes More Covid Lockdowns, 'Everyone Is Scared.'" Y'know, it almost sounds like America's Newspaper of Record is a little bit envious.
Covid-2019
Sunday, September 4, 2022
In "Recommended Reading," a terrific article by our friend Nicholas Eberstadt unraveling the mystery of post-pandemic underemployment (which, he says, builds on the mystery of pre-pandemic underemployment). We'll be doing a TrendMacro client Zoom call with Dr. Eberstadt on September 12 -- watch your email box for an invitation!
Covid-2019
Saturday, September 3, 2022
In "Recommended Reading," shocking revelations in a lawsuit brought by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, reveals a wide-ranging campaign of suppression by the White House and a broad front of federal agencies, pressuring social media platforms to squelch free public debate of Covid mitigation and treatment measures.
Covid-2019
Friday, September 2, 2022
In "Recommended Reading," the definitive verdict is in. Among the many thoughtless side-effects of the Covid lockdowns, closing schools has officially erased two decades of educational attainment progress.
Covid-2019
Thursday, September 1, 2022
In "Recommended Reading," a fawning feature in the New York Times about the FDA approving the new Omicron-specific booster vaccines -- developed "with extraordinary speed, a testament to the mRNA technology that Pfizer and Moderna have harnessed since the early months of the coronavirus outbreak." It's way down in the article -- even deeper than the ninth paragraph of our trusty ninth paragraph rule -- that "Regulators authorized the vaccine without results from human trials, which have just started." Astonishing.
Covid-2019
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Rest in Peace, Mikhail Gorbachev, the last of the lions of the 1980s. Say hello to Ron and Maggie for us.