Iran Protests Intensity Highest Since 1979
The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.
Biden: The Pandemic Is Over
The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.
Russia Sanctions Itself in Retaliation for Western Sanctions
Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.
List Of School Shootings In The United States By Death Toll
Our current forms of collective action on guns have failed us.
Covid Deaths Continue to Mount
Meanwhile, a report states that a Trump admin official pushed infections to promote herd immunity.
Latin America and Covid-19
The pandemic is having serious effects in the region, and they will persist for some time.
Back to the Question of Excess Death
More evidence that we are under-counting deaths due to Covid-19.
Gun Violence Spiking Across American Cities
A marked rise in shooting deaths is going largely unnoticed.
83% of US COVID-19 Deaths Avoidable
A new study finds earlier lockdowns could have saved 54,000 lives by early May.
Sweden’s COVID Response: So Far, Not Good
Vastly more people died than needed to and the economy still crashed.
How Many Lives Have Shutdowns Saved?
A new study estimates how many lives were saved in 30 American cities.
Delusional
He is claiming his response to Covid-19 is better than the previous administration’s response to H1N1
US Unemployment at Record Highs
More Americans are out of work than at any time since the Great Depression.
Comparing Flu and Covid-19
People who keep calling Covid-19 “just the flu” haven’t looked very closely at the numbers.
Data Collection/Analysis and Covid-19: TL;DR Edition
Not to encourage people to skip the longer version, but here’s a key point.
Data Collection/Analysis and Covid-19
Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.
