Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Politics and Coronavirus related links 051722


Philadelphia Moves to Mask Precautions; Masks Required

https://www.phila.gov/2022-04-11-philadelphia-moves-to-mask-precautions-masks-required/

 

Almost two-thirds of Americans say COVID is a 'problem,' but not a 'crisis'

https://theweek.com/covid-19/1012467/almost-two-thirds-of-americans-say-covid-is-a-problem-but-not-a-crisis

 

Fauci on Covid-19: The risk level is not zero - Apr 13, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQHB198s6o

 

No Good Can Come From Downplaying Covid: Democrats must figure out how to discuss the hard truths about the pandemic, or it could cost them.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-politics-democrats/

 

Letters From the April 18/25, 2022, Issue: Sequim for the win… Miscarriages of justice (web only)… The right to communicate (web only)…

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/letters-from-the-april-18-25-2022-issue/

 

COVID Isn’t Over. So Why Are We Pretending? | The Mehdi Hasan Show - Apr 18, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLkin0j8dTo

 

Dr. Gupta reacts to 'abrupt' end of mask mandate for travelers - Apr 19, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvITpJJN_Ao

 

Former CDC Director On Judge’s Decision To Overturn Travel Mask Mandate - Apr 19, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkXF_cDQSVM

 

Pandemic Profiteers Got Rich While America Got Sick | Amanpour and Company - Apr 19, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RatADcnGUUY

 

Trump Judge's Override Of CDC On Masks Raises Concerns For Future Public Health Measures - Apr 20, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D9ykqjqPjk

 

Why Biden Had to Challenge That Trump Judge’s Dimwitted Mask Mandate Ruling: It’s not just about health. It’s also about not letting reactionary hacks dismantle the regulatory state.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166180/biden-appeals-kimball-mizelle-mask-mandate-ruling

 

Enough with Health-Isolationism!

https://www.populist.com/28.08.Retsinas.html

 

Biden Quits the Covid Fight: The administration is putting on a happy face for the public, but behind the scenes its pandemic strategy is to cross its fingers and hope the worst is over.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166184/biden-appeal-covid-mask-mandate-omicron-ba2-strategy

 

We Could Be in the Middle of a Major Covid Spike and Not Even Know It: As the BA.2 variant moves through the U.S., our data on Covid-19 and its variants is getting worse, not better.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166167/ba2-covid-surge-data

 

Long Covid Is America’s Forgotten Pandemic Problem: Millions of Americans who suffer long-term effects of the coronavirus can’t move on with their lives. Can lawmakers lend them a hand?

https://newrepublic.com/article/166174/long-covid-legislation-kaine-pressley

 

COVID-19 Metrics for United States Congressional Districts: A year into the global pandemic, data on COVID-19 metrics for the United States congressional districts has not been available. Researchers at the Geographic Insights Lab based at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis, and Microsoft AI for Health present COVID-19 metrics and data visualization for the congressional districts to allow elected officials and their constituents to monitor and develop testing and vaccine deployment strategies and other measures to enable their districts to reopen safely.

https://geographicinsights.iq.harvard.edu/coviduscongress

 

Public policy and health in the Trump era

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32545-9/fulltext

 

COVID-19 cases are rising sharply again — should we worry?  Omicron subvariants BA.2 and BA.2.12.1 now 93% of cases

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04/24/covid-19-cases-are-rising-sharply-again-should-we-worry/

 

Fauci drops out of White House Correspondents Dinner over COVID concerns

https://theweek.com/anthony-fauci/1013014/fauci-drops-out-of-white-house-correspondents-dinner-over-covid-concerns

 

Washington Suits Up for the White House Correspondents’ Superspreader Event: The annual gala celebrating the sleazy relationship between Beltway power brokers and reporters is back—and the discourse surrounding it is dumber than ever.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166239/white-house-correspondents-dinner-biden-covid-superspreader

 

Birx says US must prepare for summer COVID surge as immunity wanes

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3473217-birx-says-us-must-prepare-for-summer-covid-surge-as-immunity-wanes/

 

If you’re trapped on a plane next to an unmasked anti-vaxxer, thank this Trump judge

https://www.dickpolman.net/2022/04/19/if-youre-trapped-on-a-plane-next-to-an-unmasked-anti-vaxxer-thank-this-trump-judge/

 

At Global Covid-19 Summit, Biden's Silence on an Intellectual Property Waiver Speaks Volumes.  The White House appears to have no plans to break Big Pharma’s stranglehold on global Covid-19 vaccines.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/joe-biden-covid-19-summit-white-house-vaccine-vaccination-vaccinations-fund-funds-trips-waiver-wto-who-world-trade-organization-world-health-organization-india-south-africa

 

The U.S. has had the most covid cases in the world. Why isn’t it doing more to study long covid?

Patient advocates are pushing to accelerate the government-funded clinical trial.

https://www.grid.news/story/science/2022/05/09/the-us-has-had-the-most-covid-cases-in-the-world-why-isnt-it-doing-more-to-study-long-covid/

No comments:

Post a Comment