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Posts from the ‘coronavirus relief/stimulus’ Category

02021-02-25“T. saw these people as… sympathetic to the idea that the election was stolen.”– Lindsey Graham. Steve Scalise implies election was really stolen.

02020-05-25A tale of two drugs: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and Remdesivir. Remdesivir lowers death rates, but HCQ is associated with higher death rates.

02020-05-14UNICEF warns child mortality rate could rise for first time in 60 years, not due to COVID-19 but caused by disruptions of the medical system in poor countries: NYT

02020-05-13Vox.com: “Expert’s Seven Best Ideas– how to beat COVID-19 and save the economy”: easy, obvious ideas that the US hasn’t implemented

02020-05-12Native Americans suffering highest COVID-19 rates (second only to New York City); with high rates of chronic medical conditions and no running water, death follows close behind

02020-05-06US testing and surveillance failures have led to political, economic, and medical disaster

02020-05-03Coronavirus relief bills passed in Congress largely benefit large corporations and others who don’t need help.

02020-04-27“American politics has become deeply corrupt over decades, and it became so corrupt that normal governance already collapsed many years ago.”: New Yorker: Jeffrey Sachs interview

02020-04-23More famines, especially in Africa, due to locusts and the novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2 and COVID-19): A perfect storm of hunger and disease

02020-04-22“It’s not too late to go on the offense against the coronavirus”: The New Yorker: a five-point plan against COVID-19: physical distancing, testing, contact tracing, isolation, and treatment.