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Dec 09 2020
Analysis
COVID-19 and the U.S. Fiscal Imbalance
Before COVID-19, the U.S. debt burden was large and on an unsustainable path under reasonable assumptions about economic fundamentals. Standard policy responses, such as higher taxes or lower discretionary spending, could not substantially slow the growth of the U.S. debt burden; only reduced growth in entitlement spending, especially on Medicare, had the potential to avoid eventual fiscal
Cato InstituteDec 03 2020
Analysis
The Unseen Costs of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Americans are well versed in the consequences for physical health from COVID-19. Newspapers brim daily with scary headlines alarming us of any risk that it might pose, no matter how minor or remote. But there are other nasty and less often discussed consequences brought on by this pandemic and by our collective reaction to it—whether that's due to people locking themselves up at home out of
ReasonNov 12 2020
News
Pfizer's Covid-19 Vaccine Announcement
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Monday, pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced exciting developments on a potential Covid-19 vaccine. According to early test results, the company says, its vaccine was 90% effective in preventing Covid-19. Abridge NewsOct 05 2020
Fact Check
Timeline of Trump’s COVID-19 Comments
President Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Oct. 2 that he and the first lady had tested positive for COVID-19. By late afternoon, the White House said that “out of an abundance of caution” the president was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he would spend the next few days.
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, the president has been downplaying
FactCheck.orgAug 16 2020
News
Big Pharma’s Covid-19 Profiteers
On June 29th, 2020, while America remained transfixed by anti-police protests, the chairman and CEO of the pharmaceutical company Gilead issued a much-anticipated announcement. In a breezy open letter, Daniel O’Day explained how much his company planned on charging for a course of remdesivir, one of many possible treatments for Covid-19. “In the weeks since we learned of remdesivir’s potential
RollingStone.comAug 22 2020
Analysis
Covid-19 Is Dividing the American Worker
For many professionals, technology has been a lifeline during the pandemic, enabling them to be productive while stuck at home. For many other workers, it is a new dividing line, corralling them further into the stagnant corners of the economy.
The pandemic has led to unemployment of workers in the service sector, retail and other fields at a scale and with a swiftness unprecedented in
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 08 2023
News
DOD to review reinstatement of troops removed over COVID-19 vaccine rule
Congress may require the U.S. Department of Defense to review the reinstatement of thousands of military service members discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, as indicated by a draft version of the annual defense bill.
The latest draft of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), released by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, indicates that the DOD would need to
NewsNationJul 21 2020
Analysis
The Link Between Poverty and COVID-19
Our neglect of the poor has become a tinder box and COVID-19 could be the spark that starts a deadly conflagration. Even as the pandemic becomes uncontrollable, some consistent facts remain: The virus is highly contagious, easily transmittable, potentially lethal and has a negative effect on our health care system.
Though there is currently no cure, it is to some degree preventable by
Daily ChelaAug 11 2020
Opinion
Untangling the Media Myths of Covid-19
Has there been in recent history a more tendentious, hysterical, data-denying and frankly disreputable exercise in misdirection than the way in which much of America’s media has covered the Covid-19 epidemic?
Perhaps we can forgive them the endless repetition of pandemic porn; the selectively culled stories of tragedy about otherwise completely healthy young people succumbing to the
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Mar 20 2024
News
Video of New Jersey Governor As He Hopped Around Like an Easter Bunny While Thousands Died of COVID-19
TRENTON, NJ – It was Easter of 2020 and New Jerseyans were locked inside their homes and out of their businesses. Thousands were dying from a deadly pandemic brought about by COVID-19. And the governor of New Jersey was hopping around his living room pretending to be the Easter Bunny with his wife, now senatorial candidate Tammy Murphy in a full bunny costume. In the video, posted to Twitter (
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