Covid-2019

Covid-2019
Friday, September 9, 2022
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
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.

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