At long last we understand Covid’s mechanism of infection; it remains only to fund the nasal vaccine efforts to leverage our understanding.
Sunday, July 13, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/25/2023
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Quantifying The Macroeconomic Impact of Covid-19-Related School Closures on Human Capital
School closures lead to significant and persistent productivity losses, and the effects will peak in 2067. Policies aimed at improving the quality of education and adult training will be needed to offset or at least alleviate the impact of the pandemic on human capital.
KLG: Why Trust Science in the 21st Century? An Object Lesson
Despite the “trust the science” mantra during the current pandemic, everyone should expect to see the data, all of it, minus any selective gloss. Who pays and for what makes a difference.
Wolf Richter: “Wetsuit Shaming,” LOL: WOLF STREET Drags WSJ Through San Francisco Bay Mud for the Clickbait Flotsam it Published about Cold-Water Swimming
Kudos to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for having excelled once again with such acuity.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/24/2023
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German General Kujat Warns the Ukraine War Is Lost, Revives the Stab-in-the-Back Charge Against the US and NATO for “Exposing Germany to Russia”
Retired German general, former chairman of NATO Military Committee, warns Ukraine war is lost, accuses US of trying to supplant the German arms industry with their own companies.
Monroe Doctrine Redux: US Military Trying to “Box Out” China and Russia from Strategic Resources in Latin America
“In a lot of our countries in this region, [the PRC] is the number one trade partner, with the United States number two in most cases.”
German Greens on the Warpath
Washington’s favorite foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, undermines Scholz again and helps the US back the chancellor into a corner on Leopard tanks.
Abortion Debate Ramps Up in States as Congress Deadlocks
States across the country are either moving to protect abortion rights or further restrict them.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/23/2023
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Washington Ratchets Up Maritime Disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean
Pressure on Türkiye continues as US pushes F-16 deal that would see Ankara drop opposition to Sweden NATO bid, which became a long shot after Quran burning in Stockholm. Greece says it will expand its waters around Crete, enraging Türkiye.
