How America Can Curb the Epidemic of Violence Against Health Care Workers
Health care staffers are on the receiving end of violence more often than you might think, yet perilous little is done to protect them.
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The CDC’s VAERS and Vaccine Complications: The System is Broken
The CDC has been visibly remiss in gathering and updating Covid data in VAERS, and that typifies its pandemic mismanagement.
Read more...Prolonged Brain Dysfunction in COVID-19 Survivors: A Pandemic in its Own Right?
More information on lasting Covid damage, this time on the brain.
Read more...Cabin Fever: Americans (of Means) Keen to Travel. How Many Will Play it Safe?
The travel genie is about to leave the bottle.
Read more...An Ancient Greek Approach to Risk and the Lessons It Can Offer the Modern World
We aren’t all that good at risk assessment.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Historic Mania in SPACs, IPOs. Huge Fees for Wall Street Banks. Mega Paydays for Insiders. Disdain for Valuations. Blind Faith that “This Time It’s Different”
SPAC mania, with billions raised: this time it’s different, everyone is saying again – another sign that the zoo has gone nuts.
Read more...5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After You’re Vaccinated
Yes, Virginia, a mask is very much part of your future.
Read more...Coming Attraction: IPCC’s Upcoming Major Climate Assessment
Another set of blockbuster IPCC reports are in the works. What to expect?
Read more...It’s the Index, Stupid! Our New Not-So-Neutral Financial Market Arbiters
An overview of the recent changes in financial markets that have come from the rise of ‘passive’ investing.
Read more...2020 “Globie”: The Carry Trade
A recent book focuse on the role of the carry trade in increasing financialization and instabilty.
Read more...Dealing with the Second Wave: Subsidies, Instead of Ordering Closures
Could officials use carrots rather than a stick to induce short-term closures of high risk businesses like restaurants?
Read more...Bloomberg Warns: A Covid Vaccine Could Help the Virus Spread
And just when you started to think an effective Covid vaccine would fix everything….
Read more...Michael Klare: How the US Plays Nuclear Chicken with Russia and China
eeping tabs on US nuclear provocations of Russia and China.
Read more...The “Crew Change” Crisis: 300,000 Seafarers Trapped. Will International Trade Grind to a Halt?
Will governments, unions, international organizations, and ship-owners be able to collaborate to solve the growing “crew change” crisis?
Read more...Fauci Says COVID Vaccine Trials Could End Early If Results Are Overwhelming
The FDA’s eagerness to launch a Covid-19 vaccine is not a way to win public trust, particularly in light of the agency’s record of bad calls.
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