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Dec 20 2021
Analysis
The Biden Administration Has an Epiphany on Covid-19 . . . Too Late
On the menu today. Long after it would do any good, the Biden administration realizes that public discussion of the Covid-19 pandemic should not be focusing on the total number of cases and instead should be focused on severe infections and hospitalizations — just as the newsletter you’re reading has been insisting for months; the CDC vaccination data may not be as accurate as we thought; Joe
National Review (News)
Oct 30 2021
News
America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick.
In May 2018, a rare and virulent strain of salmonella caught the attention of America’s top disease detectives. In less than two months, the bacteria had sickened more than a dozen people, nearly all of them on the East Coast. Many said they’d eaten chicken, and federal food safety inspectors found the strain in chicken breasts, sausages and wings during routine sampling at poultry plants.
ProPublica
Dec 13 2020
Opinion
The Next Six Months Will Be Vaccine Purgatory
With the FDA’s emergency authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccine imminent, the biggest and most complex vaccination campaign in the nation’s history is gearing into action. Planes are ferrying vaccines around the country, hospitals are readying ultracold freezers, and the very first people outside of clinical trials will soon get shots in their arms. The end of the pandemic is in sight.
The Atlantic
Oct 06 2021
News
Top Covid experts privately urge Biden admin to scale back booster campaign
A vocal contingent of prominent doctors and scientists is pressing the Biden administration to scrap its plans to provide booster shots to all previously vaccinated adults, according to five people familiar with the matter.
Several of these outside experts, including some who advised President Joe Biden’s transition team, objected to the administration’s approach during a private, off-
Politico
Jan 12 2022
Analysis
Omicron is exploding. Here’s what to do if you’ve been exposed.
If you find out you’ve been exposed to someone who’s tested positive for Covid-19, a rush of questions might come to mind: Do I have to quarantine? What if I can’t find a good mask or a test? Even if I test negative, can I be certain that I’m not contagious?
With omicron causing record-shattering case growth over the past few weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC
Vox
Feb 04 2022
Analysis
It’s harder than ever to get fired or laid off
One more sign that American workers are in a uniquely powerful position these days: Layoffs and discharges are at record lows.
In December, just 0.8 percent of all US employees were let go, a record according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data that goes back more than two decades. The low rate of layoffs is yet another indicator that workers have a unique amount of power right now. How
Vox
Aug 05 2021
News
Florida’s Ron DeSantis in war of words with Joe Biden over Covid-19 spread
Florida’s governor is sounding off about President Joe Biden’s criticism of his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, even as his state is shattering hospitalisation records.
Ron DeSantis responded to several comments from both Mr Biden and members of the White House press team, who have aimed criticism at his state and others where rates of Covid-19 are surging and vaccination rates are
The Independent
Mar 05 2021
News
Reports: NY officials altered count of nursing home deaths
Top aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo altered a state Health Department report to obscure the true number of people killed by COVID-19 in the state’s nursing homes, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported late Thursday.
The aides, including the secretary to the governor, Melissa DeRosa, pushed state health officials to edit the July report so only residents who died inside long
Associated Press
Dec 15 2021
News
U.S. study suggests vaccines may be ineffective against Omicron without booster
All three U.S.-authorized COVID-19 vaccines appear to be significantly less protective against the newly-detected Omicron variant of the coronavirus in laboratory testing, but a booster dose likely restores most of the protection, according to a study released on Tuesday.
The study from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard and MIT that has not yet been peer
Reuters
Jul 19 2021
News
Delta fears grip economy as cases jump across the country
The delta variant of the coronavirus is sweeping through the United States, raising the average number of cases to 30,000 per day, crowding hospitals in areas with large numbers of unvaccinated people and spurring questions about the nation’s recovery from the pandemic.
Stocks tanked Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 725 points after being down more than 900 points
The Hill