By Ryan Cooper, The Week Just the facts, bureaucrats. The United States’ COVID pandemic performance is among the worst in the world — particularly given our unparalleled advantages. We lead the planet in confirmed infections and deaths, and while India probably has had more of both that went […]
Team Rising reacts to reports that health costs during the pandemic pushed over half a billion people into poverty.
By Andrew Sullivan And the terrifying tenacity of Trump’s cult. A year ago, as the vaccines began to arrive and as the nightmare of the Trump administration appeared to be over, I found myself unusually optimistic. In an end-of-year essay I admitted was written in part to cheer […]
By Noah Millman The Week I have, throughout the pandemic, been something of a COVID moderate. I supported strong restrictions at the start of the pandemic, on both practical and moral grounds. But as early as May of 2020, I saw America wasn’t going to take the steps […]
Robby Soave makes the case against airline mask mandates.
Saagar goes over the new covid madness arising from the Omicron variant on college campuses and in blue states and why he has had enough of the endless covid guidelines
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss whether public health officials should spend more time seeking effective treatments for COVID, not just preventatives.
Ryan Grim breaks down his ideas for how to salvage the CMMI’s direct contracting model.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave weigh in on the Senate debt ceiling vote, as well as Pfizer’s efforts to earn FDA approval for their antiviral Covid treatment.
By Phillip Magness & Graham Walker, Independent Institute This Lighthouse Briefing video features Independent Institute Executive Director Dr. Graham H. Walker and Independent Research Fellow Dr. Phillip W. Magness discussing Dr. Magness’s article, “Case for Mask Mandate Rests on Bad Data,” including the politicization of science, the folly […]
By Graham Walker and Christopher Coyne, Independent Institute “Infectious Diseases and Government Growth,” by Christopher J. Coyne, Nathan P. Goodman, and Abigail Deveraux (The Independent Review, Spring 2021) In early 2020, COVID-19 emerged from China. In response, and at the urging of the World Health Organization (WHO), governments […]
By Mary L. G. Theroux and Graham H. Walker, Independent Institute In response to 400 known cases and 5 deaths from coronavirus in the San Francisco Bay Area, on March 16th Bay Area city and county governments panicked and overreacted by ordering a “Shelter in Place” mandate that […]
By Bernadette Hogan, Reuven Fenton and Bruce Golding New York Post County officials statewide opposed to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate called it “silly,” “misguided” and “unenforceable” on Tuesday — with one rejecting it as “Gestapo tactics” and another saying “we’re not going to become the mask police.” […]
By Lesley Wroughton Washington Post CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Omicron appears to cause less severe illness than earlier variants of the coronavirus but is more resistant to the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine widely used in South Africa, according to a major private study of the variant. The study […]
Ryan Grim breaks down more evidence of the bipartisan, bureaucratic effort to privatize Medicare.
Robby Soave makes the case against overreaction to the Omicron variant.
Krystal and Saagar detail the physical and mental health crisis among young adults in America as record amounts are obese and depressed in response to generational challenges
This survey was conducted online within the United States from Dec 6 – Dec 7 among 926 registered voters by HarrisX. The sampling margin of error of this poll is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
Krystal and Saagar give an update on the Omicron variant and how pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer have responded to the spread of the new covid strain
Robby Radar argues against covid vaccine mandates for chidlren.
By Christopher Rowland Washington Post Before the coronavirus ruined her plans, Tiffany Patino expected to be back at work by now. She and her boyfriend intended to move out of a basement in suburban Maryland, where his grandmother lets them stay for free, so they could raise their […]
By Andrew Sullivan Weekly Dish The journalist returns to the Dishcast for an update on the pandemic and the recent climate conference. The Covid news keeps coming, and I wanted to understand it better, especially as Omicron makes its way across the Atlantic, and as vaccine effectiveness declines. […]
By Scotty Hendricks Big Think Psychedelics, long demonized as substances used only by quacks and hippies, have been enjoying a renaissance in the biomedical community over the past few years. Even the FDA is getting in on the action, declaring psilocybin (the drug in psychedelic mushrooms), a “breakthrough […]
Saagar covers the Biden administrations inability to administer the mass distribution of covid tests as part of a larger inability for the White House to lead and take on America’s challenges
Ryan Grim details a covert Trump-era policy that could result in the privatization of Medicare.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss Republicans’ invocation of the Congressional Review Act to halt President Biden’s federal vaccine mandate.
Correlation is not causation but it is also true that vaccines are not always 100% safe either. The swine flu vaccine from the 70s killed more people than the illness. Good Sciencing Update 5 Dec – 6 Dec: Added Adham El-Selhadar, Pompeo Tretola, Ben Madgen, Marvin Morgan, Ugur […]
By Daniel Engber The Atlantic Like it or not, the Omicron variant is already here, and it’s spreading fast. Just how bad will this get? Omicron’s explosive growth is a warning sign. We’re not back to where we were in early 2020, Sarah Zhang writes, but early data […]
Host of Bad Faith Podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, reacts to viral video out of the White House press briefing room.
Kim Iversen details the new Novavax COVID-19 vaccine anticipated to hit the market soon.
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals almost half of all voters believe pandemic restrictions should increase in their area if Covid-19 hospitalizations tick up.
Deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, Batya Ungar-Sargon, details why she believes so much of the country is willing to accept COVID-19 misinformation,
Krystal and Saagar break down everything you need to know about the vaccine mandate being imposed in NYC by outgoing Mayor Bill De Blasio in response to Omicron
By Damon Linker, The Week America’s abortion precedents are a mess. They’re also as good as we’ll get. Even in our politically polarized time, abortion stands out as an issue uniquely defined by extremes. On one side, anti-abortion activists want the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals that 83 percent of voters would take an available treatment for COVID-19, should they become ill.
Saagar describes the coronavirus situation in Australia and why US policymakers should not overreact to the Omicron variant or any future versions of covid that might arise
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate announcement.
Krystal and Saagar cover a surprisingly good take from Daily Show host Trevor Noah who was then roasted by his liberal audience for slightly deviating from the mainstream narrative
Candidate for New York’s 23rd congressional district, Andrew McCarthy, breaks down his campaign.
By Nick Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley It’s the end of the world as we know it and the rich feel fine. In fact, those greedy motherfuckers have never seemed better. The ozone layer is evaporating, the oceans are rising, and the plague just keeps […]
By Catherine Garcia The Week The new Omicron coronavirus variant has now been detected in more than 23 countries, including the United States. What makes Omicron different from other variants, and will it drastically change the way the U.S. is handling the pandemic? Here’s what you need to […]
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The omicron variant of COVID-19, which had been undetected in the U.S. before the middle of this week, had been discovered in at least five states by the end of Thursday, showing yet again how mutations of the virus can circumnavigate the […]
By Alessandra Galloni, Reuters Dec 2 (Reuters) – The Omicron variant of COVID-19 could slow global economic growth by exacerbating supply chain problems and depressing demand, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the Reuters Next conference on Thursday. Yellen cited a great deal of uncertainty about the impact […]
Team Rising discusses reporting from The Intercept about Pfizer’s efforts to kill a law making it easier for corporate whistleblowers to come forward.
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals how Americans define “fully vaccinated.” The survey was conducted online within the United States from November 29-30 among 924 registered voters by Harris X.
Krystal and Saagar break down the new coronavirus travel guidelines implemented by the Biden administration in response to the Omicron variant being detected in the United States
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to Dr. Fauci’s most recent appearance at a CNN global town hall.
Journalist Glenn Greenwald details the newest round of criticism facing Dr. Fauci regarding NIH-funded experimentation on animals.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the latest developments on the emerging Omicron variant.
Anarchist News November 30, 2021 Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam We are proud to announce our up and coming compendium of corona criticism! You can find the forward below in which we summarize and prepare you for a plethora of anarchist analysis. The following collection attempts to gather as many […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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