Category Archives: Pandemic

Lack of a Vaccine Mandate Becomes Competitive Advantage in Hospital Staffing Wars

Why most hospitals aren’t imposing vaccine mandates.

Marin County School Superspreader Event: Another Scientific Communications Debacle from CDC (and the Press)

Just because the CDC seems to have finally accepted aerosols doesn’t mean they’ve stopped butchering the science or their messaging.

The Coming School Opening Covid Train Wreck

Covid warning for the fall: assume the brace position.

50th Anniversary of Powell Memorandum: Neoliberalism Has Wrecked Its Hosts

Commemorating a desructive anniversary, that of the Powell memo that set forth how big business would wage war against ordinary citizens.

Report: Fashion Kills Africa’s Rivers

Water Waste report discusses how textile production pollutes Africa’s rivers – and what must be done to correct this fashion problem.

Amid Pandemic-Driven Liquid Oxygen Shortage, Orlando Asks Residents to Slash Water Use or Face Boil Alert

Florida state officials seek to punish school administrators who impose mask mandates; meanwhile, lack of oxygen threatens Orlando’s supply of potable water.

School or ‘Russian Roulette’? Amid Delta Variant and Lax Mask Rules, Some Parents See No Difference

A discussion of parents worried about sending their kids back to school curiously contains only red state/nonurban examples.

“Are vaccines becoming less effective at preventing Covid infection?”

As more data about the Covid vaccines comes out, it is becoming acceptable to step away from cheerleading and make factual judgments.

Biden Administration to Withhold Medicare and Medicaid $ from Nursing Homes Not Having Fully Vaxxed Staff

The Biden Administration thinks it can coerce badly paid workers in nursing homes who’ve held out to take the jab. That’s not a great wager.

SARS-COV-2 Post-Delta: Andy Slavitt Says “Let ‘Er Rip” 2.0

Doing the math on SARS-CoV-2 when “everyone gets it.”

Pfizer CEO to Public: Just Trust Us on the Covid Booster

“All of this has sown a sense of confusion about what exactly will work, and when.”

National Academies’ Report Took Pharma-Friendly Stance After Millions in Gifts From Drugmakers

The National Academy of Science has been caught out repeatedly for not disclosing Big Pharma ties as it issues cronyistic reports

This Reddit Lament Sums Up Wonderfully What Lots of Home Buyers Will Grapple with as Housing Market “Normalizes” and Work from Home Fizzles

As Covid-exodus home purchases peters out, over-eager buyers are waking up with hangovers.

The Best Policies to Fight Pandemics: Five Lessons from the Literature So Far

Mining various studies on pandemic interventions to see which look most effective.