The idea of ”mob immunity” against Covid-19 has gained almost magical status in popular imagination. Once we reach that threshold, many Americans believe, we will be clear, and the epidemic will eventually fade into history. But we are not likely to reach the immune system of the crowd with Kovid-19. …
Read More »Europe’s dislike of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout stalls and epidemic grinds on
BERLIN – Susan Tabbach seems to be drinking water. She works full-time and cares for three young children at home during the downfall, while worrying about her elderly parents, who are not vaccinated. She is less likely to be relieved. “I’m tired,” says a one-year-old architect from Aachen, a German …
Read More »Capitalism is what will defeat Kovid
Look at the paradox of this epidemic moment: big corporations are political villains, embedded on the left and right. Still, the main and perhaps only, because the Covid-19 curse is simple, are the vaccines developed by Big Pharma. Few people are more aware of this contradiction than J. Paranson and …
Read More »The CDC says fully vaccinated people can gather in small groups without masks
Those who are fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus can gather privately in small groups without masks or physical distance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, adding that in some cases safety guidelines for inoculated individuals have been relaxed. The CDC said on Monday that people who have …
Read More »The world is battling polio. What the warning means Covid-19.
Peshawar, Pakistan After decades of work, polio was eradicated almost everywhere in the world. What was left were pockets in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Medical experts had hoped that 2020 would be the last year that the main form of the virus, which could permanently paralyze or cause death, was at …
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