- US military ran a secret campaign to undermine Chinese Covid vaccines, even though they were effective.
- The Brennan Center has identified 135 statutory powers that accrue to the president when he declares a national emergency. Over 40 emergencies are currently in force. Some of them are more than a decade old.
- The Australian state of Victoria has been rocked by arson, fire bombings and gang warfare – resembling the American era of Prohibition – and it’s all over tobacco.
Category: COVID-19 and Public Health
Saturday Links
- Some homework works: A randomized controlled trial of employees in a Chinese tech firm found that two days of work from home and three days in the office reduced quit rates, improved job satisfaction and had no impact on performance, when compared with employees who worked full-time in the office.
- $35 insulin actually started under Trump, but the real credit goes to Eli Lilly.
- Former CDC director admits “no one wanted to release negative information about Covid vaccines.”
- Per pupil school spending has more than quadrupled since 1960, although student test scores have barely budged.
- In 2021, the Biden administration pledged it would build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations by 2030. So far, it has built only 7.
- Conflicting polls: Did more people die from the Covid vaccine than from Covid?
The Doctor’s Office is Coming to a Home Near You (Yours)
Every year I buy comprehensive blood testing from Walk-In Lab during their 20% off, end-of-the-year sales event. I select the test, pick the lab (Lab Corp or Quest Diagnostics) and pay online. I take the lab order to Quest Diagnostics located in my local Walmart. Nothing could be easier; I can even shop while I wait for them to call me for my blood draw. Prices are transparent. Lab tests that I paid just under $130 for on sale would possibly cost $500 through the hospital owned clinic that employs my doctor.
Thursday Links
- Maybe you don’t really need to take statins.
- The Final and Definitive Ruling on Masks: They Don’t Work.
- ON Covid recommendations from Fauci, et. al.: “All those policies, all those recommendations, all the turmoil, and it turns out we might as well just flipped a coin.”
- Study: male sperm counts around the world are not dropping. (HT: Tyler)
- Study: late bedtimes significantly increase the risks of depression, anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.