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Thursday, January 15, 2026
COVID-19 Mistakes to Avoid: Don’t Mix Up Prophylaxis and Cure
Big Pharma is promoting untested proprietary vaccines and therapies and giving short shrift to repurposing cheaper generic alternatives.
Trump Admin Retracts Rule that Would Have Cancelled Visas for Foreign College Students Who Only Study Online
Trump backs down on plan too toss out foreign students who are forced to study on-line, as many universities circumscribe in-person classes,
US Corporations a Driving Force Behind ‘Unprecedented Wave’ of Global Land Privatization: Report
This Oakland Institute study documents how the neoliberal project proceeds, with US interests pushing to privatize land in the Global South.
Coronavirus Shows the Dangers of Letting Market Forces Govern Health and Social Care
The coronavirus crisis showcases the folly of letting the market determine health and social care: high time for governments to listen,
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/14/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
COVID-19 Mistakes to Avoid: Don’t Conflate Contact Tracing with Contact Tracing By App
Big Tech and Big Pharma each has a dog in the COVID-19 fight and wish to replace what has worked before and is working now with technofixes.
Save the Tiger, Shift to other Big Cats: Illegal Wildlife Trafficking and the Rise in Zoonotic Diseases
Second UN Office on Drugs and Crime World Wildife Crime Report connects illegal wildlife trade to increase in zoonotic diseases.
Next Showdown in Congress: Protecting Workers vs. Protecting Employers in the Pandemic
Next showdown in Congress over CoVID-19 relief legislation: protecting workers or shielding employers from lawsuits.
Financialization: Tackling the Other Virus
The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to tackle another virus that has spread throughout the world since the 1970s: financialization.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/13/2020
COVID in the US vs. the world, morbidity. Disney ~ Biden advertisement ~ Sanders on politics ~ Trump and his base ~ Democrat Senate haul ~ Democrat Milwaukee plans ~ General AI ~ Phishing equilibria ~ COVID PSAs ~ Festival of Airborne Transmission ~ Influencers ~ Ghislane Maxwell’s house ~ Genocide in flyover ~ Knitting ~ Shutters
Food Security in the Age of COVID-19: The First Harvest of the Season’s Bounty
Improving the food security of family members who live in North Carolina. They’re starting to reap the harvest as the vegetables ripen.
