Sunday, September 14, 2025

Thousands of New York ‘Long Haulers’ Struggle with COVID-19 Months After Diagnosis

Some doctors estimate that there are as many as 70,000 “long Covid” patients in New York alone.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/16/2020

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Demonizing Socialism and “Macroeconomic Populism”: Myths of Soft Budget Constraints

Some econmists have criticized industrial policy as zombie-crearting “macroeconomic populism.” Evidence indicates otherwise.

Links 9/16/2020

Brexit: Snake Eyes

Boris Johnson is pressing his Brexit luck, which wasn’t looking all that hot.

Isolation, Addiction, and Drug Use in the Covid-19 Moment

Covid is rough on pretty much everyone, but those with drug or other substance abuse issues are really on the ropes.

Trump’s Eviction Moratorium Opens the Door for Medicare for All by Executive Order

Since Covid-19 will be with us till at least the end oe 2021 (and I suspect longer), it opens the path for emergency Medicare for All.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/15/2020

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Political HHS Appointees Demand Authority to Rewrite CDC Reports

Trump partisans and the ongoing war against the CDC; seeking authority to amend Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Reports.

Links 9/15/2020

Brazil’s Pantanal Wetland is On Fire, Joining Other Places Where Wildfires Rage or Have Recently Burned Out of Control

Brazil’s Pantanal wetland is burning, joining other rworld egions afflicted with climate change-fueled wildfires.

NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

FDA mulls whether to follow British regulators in resuming a vacccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered spinal cord damage.

The Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods and Why They’re Really Bad for Our Health

Factors driving the growth of ultra-processed foods, such as Big Food lobbying, despite these Frankenfoods being really bad for our health.

As Boeing Inches Toward 737 MAX Recertification, 787 and Lunar Lander Go Sour, Charleston v. Seattle Looms

Boeing, Boeing…..

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/14/2020

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