Looking for Long Covid: A Clash of Definition and Study Design | naked capitalism
Yves here. Even though this article is for the most part highly informative, it seems to be unduly inclined to take the point of view that there must be biomarkers,…
Expert: Why Covid and Future Pandemics Are a Bigger Threat than Nukes | naked capitalism
Yves here. Most people would disagree with the headline claim about the relative risks of pandemics and nukes. After all, as Scott Ritter points out, a nuclear attack (or even…
Jimmy Fallon Finds Bright Side of Biden Testing Positive for Covid
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50…
Biden under new pressure from top Democrats as Covid halts campaign
3 hours ago By Ana Faguy and State Department Correspondent Tom Bateman, Reporting from Washington and Las Vegas, travelling with the president President Joe Biden faces new questions over his candidacy in…
Biden 2024 Run Back in Play as Democratic Pushback Escalates, Covid Case Offers Face-Saving Out | naked capitalism
After wall-to-wall Trump assassination attempt coverage, with the coda of the Republican convention visuals and speeches, Biden’s future, or lack thereof, is back in focus. Many prognosticators had assumed that…
Biden Tests Positive for Covid
President Biden tested positive for Covid on Wednesday, forcing him to cancel a campaign event in Las Vegas and likely sidelining him for days following the conclusion of former President…
If You Test Positive for Covid, Can You Still Travel?
As new coronavirus variants gain traction across the United States, summer travelers are facing a familiar and tiresome question: How will the ever-mutating virus affect travel plans? In light of…
Five charged with juror bribe plot in Covid fraud trial
Five people have been charged with offering a $120,000 (£94,000) cash bribe to a juror to thwart a conviction in a US pandemic fraud trial. The unnamed 23-year-old juror reported…
“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans | naked capitalism
Yves here. We are starting to see reports on the health consequences of Long Covid finally get out of the Covid-concerned ghetto. This may help blunt Covid denialism, but sadly…
Two Covid Theories
The origin of the Covid virus remains the pandemic’s biggest mystery. Did the virus jump to human beings from animals being sold at a food market in Wuhan, China? Or…