Monday, January 13, 2025

Tag: pandemic

Judge blocks Biden administration’s order mandating federal employees vaccinate against COVID-19

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown said President Biden didn't have the authority to “mandate that all federal employees consent to vaccination against COVID-19 or lose their jobs.”

Johnson does Downing Street: Booze, lies and playacting

Johnson is part of a privileged cozy class (Eton to Oxbridge to Whitehall) that feels themselves exempt from moral duties, social obligations and legal restrictions.

How the pandemic’s unequal toll on people of color underlines US...

From the earliest days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has wrought a far higher toll in communities of color than in the general...

Top 10 US billionaires got $1 billion richer every day of...

The 10 wealthiest billionaires in the U.S. have added roughly $1 billion to their collective fortune every day—or around $12,600 per second—since...

Yearly wrap: Handful of good, loads of bad, onslaughts of ugly

Thus, the ugliest consequence to wasting billions on Pentagon missiles rather than funding education—stupidity—is a greater threat even than climate change.

Noam Chomsky: Corporate patents & rising anti-science rhetoric will prolong pandemic

It’s overwhelmingly a far-right phenomenon. Others have been drawn in. And I think there are many sources.

This scientist created a rapid test just weeks into the pandemic....

Irene Bosch developed a quick, inexpensive COVID-19 test in early 2020. But she was stymied by an FDA process experts say made no sense.

Face mask litter increased almost 9,000% during first 7 months of...

“Despite millions of people being told to use face masks, little guidance was given on how to dispose of them or recycle them safely.”

After a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes, the government response stalls

The Biden administration has not delivered on one of the main mandates of the COVD-19 Hate Crimes Act.

The West’s wasted crisis

A year that began hopefully is ending grimly. Western political elites, unable (and perhaps unwilling) to turn a deadly pandemic and climate crisis into a life-preserving opportunity, have only themselves to blame.

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The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

How ten holier-than-thou MAGA dictates threaten to invert Jesus’ biblical commandments

Because a Christian God rules the universe, Christians should naturally run government.

UnitedHealthcare interrupts doctor mid-surgery to question patient’s cancer care

A Texas doctor was forced to step out of the operating room after an insurance company questioned her patient’s approved cancer treatment.

GOP attack on Medicaid puts millions of Americans at risk of losing coverage

Republicans push Medicaid cuts that could leave millions without health coverage.

Exclusive prayer for $100K: Trump’s Inauguration Committee faces criticism over ‘pay-to-pray’ event

Trump’s inauguration committee faces scrutiny for exorbitant ticket prices to interfaith prayer event.