There’s so much death and suffering in the world these days (unless you’re a 5′ billionaire with a rocket ship and a cowboy hat), we are struggling to process news about other disasters, other suffering,… Read More »American Corporations Commit Criminal Acts While Investors Yawn
This piece in the New York Times is a few days old but I’m just getting around to posting it. It’s a useful resetting of expectations vis a vis Covid and what comes next for… Read More »We May Never Reach Herd Immunity
Everything you ever wanted to know about the origins of a virus that’s killed more than three million people In the piece below, the science writer Nicholas Wade argues that in the early days of… Read More »Did Conflicted Western Scientists Obscure the Truth about Covid’s Origins?
Long-Term Care: We’re All Going to Die and Private Insurance Won’t Save Us About one-quarter of all US coronavirus deaths have been nursing home residents. Baby boomers, that enormous post-war cohort, is beginning what will… Read More »Long-Term Care: Only for the Wealthy