Our On-Going Covid Pandemic and the Labor Market | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. My previous round-up on Covid and “the economy” focused mainly on macro economic effects like GDP, or the total cost of Long Covid (“17% of…
Opinion | Why America Can’t Recover From That First Awful Covid Year
Covid numbers recently climbed again. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention once again reported monthly death tolls in the thousands. Mask mandates are back in New York City’s…
Some Economic Effects of the Ongoing Covid Pandemic | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. NC seems not have had a round-up on the economic effects of the Covid pandemic recently. (Most of our work on this topic seems to…
Opinion | My Patients Used to Be Gung-Ho About the Covid Vaccine. What Changed?
The response has been almost like clockwork, at nearly every medical visit in the last few weeks. “It’s time for the flu shot,” I’ll say to my patients, “plus the…
We Are in a Big Covid Wave. But Just How Big?
The curves on some Covid graphs are looking quite steep, again. Reported levels of the virus in U.S. wastewater are higher than they have been since the first Omicron wave,…
Covid Has Resurged, but Scientists See a Diminished Threat
The holidays have come and gone, and once again Americans are riding a tide of respiratory ailments, including Covid. But so far, this winter’s Covid uptick seems less deadly than…
Both the Flu and RSV Are Airborne Aerosols, Just Like Covid (So CDC and “Droplet Dogma” Are Wrong Yet Again) | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Respiratory viruses[1] are much in the news. We are said to be in a seasonal “tripledemic” of the Flu, RSV, and Covid (even though Covid…
Texas v. Pfizer Alleges Extensive Misrepresentations About Covid Vaccine Efficacy, Censorship of Critics | naked capitalism
The state of Texas filed suit against Pfizer, accusing the drug giant of widespread misrepresentation about the efficacy of its Covid 19 vaccine, focusing particularly on its “95% efficacy” claim,…
Boris Johnson Apologizes at U.K. Covid Inquiry for ‘Pain and Suffering’
Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister whose tenure was dominated and ultimately derailed by the coronavirus pandemic, apologized on Wednesday “for the pain and suffering and the loss” of…
Can Boris Johnson Keep His Cool at U.K.’s Covid Inquiry?
Boris Johnson, the ousted prime minister who led Britain through the pandemic, will testify before an official inquiry on Wednesday, giving his first detailed public account of how he grappled…