Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Many ‘Long Covid’ Patients Had No Symptoms From Their Initial Infection
Many people who experience long-term symptoms from the coronavirus did not feel sick at all when they were initially infected, according to a new study that adds compelling information to the increasingly important issue of the lasting health impact of Covid-19.
The study, one of the first to focus exclusively on people who never needed to be hospitalized when they were infected, analyzed electronic medical records of 1,407 people in California who tested positive for the coronavirus. More than 60 days after their infection, 27 percent, or 382 people, were struggling with post-Covid symptoms like shortness of breath, chest pain, cough or abdominal pain.
Covid-denying Tanzanian President Magufuli reported to have flown to Kenya for coronavirus treatment
The invention that made mass vaccinations possible
The fight against vaccine misinformation
Pro-Trump outlet misreads CDC report: Expert “disturbed” by scientific misrepresentation
…this OANN story, purporting to report on a CDC scientific study, was such a blatant misconstrual of science and statistics that public health experts are horrified at the public health implications of their misinterpreted message.
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
Israeli Pension Giant Put $100M Into Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
California Port Pileup Leaves Old Records In The Dust
Labor unrest at West Coast ports in 2015 was a landmark event for U.S. importers. Massive congestion amid contentious contract negotiations with the dockworkers union convinced some importers to shift business to East and Gulf Coast ports and diversify supply chains.
But despite its lasting impact, what happened in 2015 pales in comparison to what’s unfolding at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in 2021.
Politics:
Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen to meet again with Manhattan DA in Trump probe
…he likened a March 1 U.S. Supreme Court decision denying Trump’s last-ditch effort to keep his tax records private to the “holy grail” for Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.’s investigation into whether the Trump Organization committed financial crimes.
Biden's border strategy faces crucial test amid dramatic surge of migrant children
The GOP’s Foolish Campaign Against Vaccinating Undocumented Immigrants
Biden Kills Off Major Trump-Era Immigration Restriction
The public charge rule never generated anywhere near as much outrage as the Muslim ban or family separation. That was understandable. It was a 217-page piece of federal rulemaking whose true purpose was obscured by bureaucratic jargon. But it was Stephen Miller’s best chance for preventing people from the kinds of countries that his boss liked to refer to as shitholes from eventually voting in US elections.
Serendipity:
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