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Trevor Bedford’s Covid Endgame

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I was surprised last week to see one of the epidemiologists I follow admonishing those who think that covid's “becoming endemic” is a good thing for humans. It is a good thing for SARS-CoV-2, because endemicity means it persists in the human population, although at a...
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The Do-Nothing Attitude on Climate Change

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Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, of Sweden, addresses the Climate Action Summit in the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) As always, Greta Thunberg's utter contempt for global political leaders doing nothing but talking about climate change is the...
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The Apolitical General Strike

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Someone mentioned this in comments earlier today and I feel it is worth a post highlighting it: American workers are engaged in "the equivalent of a general strike," former Labor Secretary Robert Reich has argued, following unexpectedly low U.S. employment figures.Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) numbers...
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The Authority to Defend Taiwan

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Representative Elaine Luria stirred the turgid waters of national security twitter this morning by claiming that Joe Biden lacks affirmative authority for defending Taiwan from Chinese attack, and that therefore Congress needs to give prior authorization. I have thoughts: There’s an argument here that Luria’s op-ed...
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