Failing the Fix: Grading Apple, Dell, Google, Microsoft on the Ease of Repair of Their Products
US PIRG releases a scorecard, ranking the products of major manufacturers on the ease of repair of their products.
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‘Appalling’: Moderna Rebuked Over Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Patent Strategy
‘Billionaire CEO shouldn’t get to choose who lives and who dies,’ said one advocacy group after Moderna’s patent announcement.
Read more...Charts Paint a Grim Picture Two Years Into the Coronavirus Pandemic
The charts tell various aspects of the story, from the deadly force of the disease and its disparate impact to the signs of political polarization and the United States’ struggle to marshal an effective response.
Read more...Book Excerpt: The Lockdown Diaries of Wuhan
An on-the-ground report from the early days of the Wuhan lockdown.
Read more...Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It
A Biden plan to improve nursing home care looks like too little, too late.
Read more...Pfizer February 2021 “Post Marketing” Vaccine Side Effects Tally Raises Alarms
A troubling Pfizer document has managed to go under the radar.
Read more...New CDC Covid Guidance Caves to Great Barrington, Is Not Science-Based, Finagles the Metrics, and Destroys Masking as a Public Health Measure (Just in Time for the SOTU)
CDC’s “Made for Television” guidance
Read more...Three Cheers for the Makers of Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes!
Two, three, many Corsi-Rosenthal boxes!
Read more...“Bankruptcy For Moderna, Definitely Pfizer”
Pfizer and Moderna stocks have tanked over liabilty worries. The case made by vocal critic Edward Dowd.
Read more...Wall Street Journal Mystified By Public’s Sour Mood Despite “Booming” Economy
Americans are not happy despite a not at all bad economy leaving most with higher savings and pay than pre-Covid.
Read more...“Just Scandalous”: CDC Withholding Most of the Covid Data It Gathers. What Is It Trying to Hide?
We predicted the new CDC head, Rochelle Walensky, would do badly. A New York Times story shows how she’s underperforming our low expectations
Read more...Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act: Power Without Responsibility?
After weeks of inaction against truckers, Trudeau invoked the After weeks of looking impotent, Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Ac to end the truckers’ protests. Was this a winning move?
Read more...War on Cash: Banks Crack Down on Independent ATMs
Banks crack down on independent ATM operators in the latest salvo in the war on cash.
Read more...EU Chief Defends Vaccine Patents as ‘Precious’ as South Africa Demands Waiver
Failure to grant patent waivers under the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement has stalled ramping up of production in Africa and other developing countries of coronavirus vaccines.
Read more...New Data: Omicron BA.2 More Contagious and Severe than BA.1, Yet Officials Committed to Relaxing Protections
[Jaws theme song] BA.2 is coming….Maybe it won’t be that terrible, but you might get out of the water.
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