Why Don’t We Get the Politicians We Need? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Richard Murphy provides a not-bad list of why the current crop of politicians in the US and UK is so piss poor. Any additions? By Richard Murphy, a…
As Fewer MDs Practice Rural Primary Care, a Different Type of Doctor Helps Take Up the Slack | naked capitalism
Yves here. Generally speaking, MDs take a dim view of osteopaths. I have a friend who came from a family of MDs who swore by the one her husband saw…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/5/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I am succeeding in getting my arms round the public relations debacle (and problematic science) that is the NIH’s Long Covid study, recently…
WHO Forges Partnership With EU to Create Global Digital Vaccine Passport System | naked capitalism
The World Health Organization (WHO) adopts the EU’s expiring digital vaccine passport as a global standard, as we warned would happen over a year ago. Yesterday (June 5) the World…
Saying That Students Embrace Censorship on College Campuses Is Incorrect | naked capitalism
Yves here. I very much welcome reader perspectives on this topic, since I don’t have any contact with campus life. The problem I have with this sunny tale about forums…
NIH “12 Symptoms” Long Covid Study: Another Scientific Communications Debacle, or Worse? | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. On May 25 of this year, JAMA published Development of a Definition of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (“Definition”), an “original investigation” whose authors were…
Links 6/5/2023 | naked capitalism
Patient readers, I apologize that this Links is a bit lengthy and there are several long reads. In an excess of zeal, I over-collected link candidates, and I found it…
Where the ‘Wood-Wide Web’ Narrative Went Wrong | naked capitalism
Lambert: Disappointing (?). By Melanie Jones, professor in the Biology Department at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus, Jason Hoeksema, a professor in the Department of Biology at the…
Wall Street Journal Aids Vulture Investors Threatening Second Mortgage Borrowers With Foreclosure….on (Nearly Always) Legally Unenforceable Debt | naked capitalism
The Wall Street Journal dutifully reports on yet another threat to the financial and mental health of homeowners who got too deeply in debt in the runup to the financial…
Insurers Signal Fallout From Sanctions On Russia | naked capitalism
Yves here. We warned from the outset that the idea of using a ban on Collective West (as in London) maritime insurance to Russian tankers as a way to stop…