This week the US passed the one million milestone for Covid deaths. We're stunned that it didn't get more publicity -- and we take it as a good sign that we've been able to move on.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022
A shocker in "Recommended Reading." Unruliness among airline passengers has suddenly and mysteriously gone away (at the same time as the mask mandate).
Covid-2019
Monday, May 9, 2022
Despite headlines that Omicron is invading Beijing, reported new Covid cases in China have fallen to almost nothing. The intense but short-lived national Omicron wave seems to have collapsed -- and not because of lockdowns, because the exact same pattern has been seen in every Omicron wave world-wide, where there were generally no lockdowns.
Covid-2019
Sunday, May 8, 2022
No acknowledgement. No apology. The New York Times, and its screeching panic-monger for Covid lockdowns David Leonhardt admit now that school closures have caused a "generational loss" in learning. On their head be it. See "Recommended Reading" for the article, and the seminal study behind it.
Covid-2019
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Special Meme of the Day: "25 things more effective than the Covid vaccine." You have to click to see the list! Below Recommended Reading.
Covid-2019
Friday, May 6, 2022
The facade cracks. In Recommended Reading: "FDA Limits Authorized Use of J&J's Covid-19 Vaccine...after confirming nine deaths tied to a clotting condition among those who received the one-dose shot."
Covid-2019
Thursday, May 5, 2022
The Supreme Court crisis must not be getting the desired traction with the gullible public. Now it's all about the new Omicron sub-sub-variant BA.2.12.1. All the same tropes, including our favorite from the New York Times story about it: "There’s no indication yet that causes more severe disease." Ungrammatical to be sure (the sentence has no subject -- an egregious copy-editing error from the Newspaper of Record). But the killer is that word "yet", subconsciously creating the impression that there's risk even when there is no evidence for risk.
Covid-2019
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
In "Recommended Reading"... Sanjay Gupta says new Omicron sub-variants are driving new coronavirus waves. Of course he does. Pfizer says if their new oral treatment doesn't work, you can take it a second time. Of course they do.
Covid-2019
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
You'll never guess what America's most back-to-work-in-the-office city is. You'd probably guess it's somewhere in Texas. But this city is a surprise. It's Austin!
Covid-2019
Monday, May 2, 2022
A new study in the British Journal of Medicine shows that gut biome diversity is associated with more robust resistance to severe symptoms of Covid. Now that's our kind of diversity program. See "Recommended Reading."