In Recommended Reading: you know the Covid crisis is over when the New York Times runs an editorial called "I'm Tired of Judging Other People's Covid Choices." If you can't do that, what else is there to do?
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Covid-2019
Thursday, March 31, 2022
In Recommended Reading: why, now, two years into the pandemic, are the Asian nations that did the best at controlling the spread of Covid now doing the worst?
Covid-2019
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Two great headlines in Recommended Reading today: "States Challenge Biden Administration’s Mask Mandate for Public Transportation" and "Biden Administration Will Start Vaccinating Migrants at Border." But only one reaction from us: "What took you so long?"
Covid-2019
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
New cases on a global basis have now more than completely reversed the "bear market rally" from the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant. Another false alarm.
Covid-2019
Monday, March 28, 2022
Now that the Omicron variant BA.2 is looking like a dud, the New York Times is cranking up pandemic nostalgia -- "Three Habits My Family Started In the Pandemic That We Want to Keep." Fear, terror and reading the New York Times every day.
Covid-2019
Sunday, March 27, 2022
World new cases have turned back down. We are sure the Omicron BA.2 subvariant has proven to be quite a disappointment in certain circles. Meanwhile, Hawaii becomes the last US state to dispense with travel restrictions and indoor mask mandates. From Texas, "Aloha y'all!"
Covid-2019
Saturday, March 26, 2022
The Biden administration moves to provide a new round of booster shots to Americans above age 50... a demonstration of the first law of government action: never admit your program didn't work, just do it again bigger.
Covid-2019
Friday, March 25, 2022
China's new version of lockdowns: "bubbles," self-contained factories where employees work and live in isolation from the rest of the world. It's the new new thing in the nation that brought us both Covid and lockdowns in the first place. The breathless press coverage in Recommended Reading doesn't mention, however, how "bubbles" interact with materials suppliers, product shippers, or other "bubbles" in supply chains.
Covid-2019
Thursday, March 24, 2022
In Recommended Reading, a fascinating poll. How do Americans feel about the social changes wrought by the pandemic and the government response to it? 43% feel their protest rights are less secure; only 9 percent say they're more secure. 42% feel their ability to voice their opinion has diminished; 12% say they're ability to voice their opinion had become more secure. More than one in three feel their religious liberties are less secure; only 10% feel they're more secure. Other than that, everything is fine now.
Covid-2019
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
So much in Recommended Reading today! Omicron BA.2 subvariant is now 71% of global new cases (but only 30% in the US). The Biden administration will no longer reimburse hospitals for uninsured Covid care (look for hospitalization statistics to fall). Jen Psaki tests positive for Covid the second time (she shoulda gotten vaccinated).