The Latest on Covid, Cognitive Impairment, and Social Cognition (“Theory of Mind”)
A sociopathic elite is one thing, that we’re used to; but a sociopathic elite with brain damage is quite another.
Read more...Category Archives: Pandemic
If MRSA Is Airborne, then CDC Guidance on “Enhanced Barrier Precautions” in Nursing Homes Is Wrong (and Lethal)
More massive resistance to airborne transmission from CDC and the Infection Control community.
Read more...KLG: Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines – A Review-Essay
Unless we figure out a way to spend our wealth on what gives life instead of what takes life, the oncoming crisis that has been called the “Jackpot” here will most certainly be a crisis without a solution.
Read more...The Covid Pandemic Was Devastating. But Was it Trauma?
What seems clear is that we have crossed a threshold: The acute, collective crisis of the first years of the pandemic has ebbed. Now may be a moment to look back on what we’ve just been through, and try to make some sense of it.
Read more...How the Mayo Clinic and Uber Killed Efforts to Help Workers in Minnesota
The Land of 10,000 Lakes has been widely celebrated for its supposedly worker-friendly legislation this year, but liberal Democrats headed for the exits when push came to shove.
Read more...Empty Office Spaces Can Be Converted to Residential Buildings – But It Won’t Be Affordable
What if we convert redundant office space to affordable living space or public housing and quit with the return-to-office pressure?
Read more...What Is Happening to the Cats of Cyprus?
The history of Cypriot cats, the Feline Coronavirus that’s infecting them, with its transmission, treatment, geographic and zoonotic spread, and its unsettlingly intriguing mechanism of action (with cat video).
Read more...This Week in Long Covid: Nature Fires Salvo of Four Major Papers
Papers on Long Covid and immunology, quality of life, genetics, and natural history (and the media reaction thereto).
Read more...The Education System Isn’t Ready for Another Widespread Closure
Can online learning be saved? Lessons from the pandemic school closures.
Read more...CDC’s HICPAC Prepares to Whack More Patients as Infection Control Experts Gather for August 22 Teleconference on Masks
“We said we’d *control* infection, right?”
Read more...The Candidacy and Claims of RFK Jr.
Economist Rajiv Sethi has a look at RFK, Jr.’s election prospects and thinks mainstream experts are underestimating him.
Read more...Low Wages and Rising Cost of Living Are Driving More Into Homelessness as Government Tries to Hide Rather than Solve Problem
Despite billions spent on homelessness, the problem is only getting worse due to a failure to take on exceptional American rapaciousness.
Read more...Deadly Fungus Infections Rising Even as Doctors Keep Missing Them
Why you need to push your doctor hard to include fungus infection as a possible diagnosis for mystery ailments.
Read more...ER Doctor: “Private Equity in Medicine is Dangerous to Patients”
Dr. Ming Lin, fired by a private equity company for objecting to poor Covid practices, argues that doctors need to be in charge of patient care
Read more...Masks ***ARE*** a Fashion Item! In Asia.
A look at Hong Kong-based MaskLab.
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