Category Archives: Guest Post

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/2021

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Epidemic of Despair Could Haunt America Long After COVID

The pandemic may have severe after-effects, with deaths of despair impacting more distressed and newly-vulnerable populations.

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/3/2021

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Links 2/3/2021

More on the GameStop Short Squeeze: GME Myths Busted

Explaining why some of the nefarious theories about the evil GME short sellers are all wet.

Covid Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions

Rich countries are subverting a program to assure that poor nations can afford Covid vaccines. Is a WTO mechanism a way out?

Long-Haul Covid Cases Cast New Light on Chronic Fatigue Sufferers

Getting a better understanding of long Covid, including its worrisome frequency.

Some Implications of the GameStop Short Squeeze

The seeming success of the GameStop short-slayers could in the long run come at high cost to some of them and most of us.

Oxygen Becomes a Scarce Resource in Latin America’s Two Largest Economies

In the case of Mexico, criminal gangs are taking full advantage of the medical oxygen shortage, with deadly consequences.

Could We Learn How to Talk to Trees (or Forests)?

The forest is the computer?

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/1/2021

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