As expected, a new COVID variant has emerged. This time it seems to have come from South Africa, and it’s been named Omicron (I wonder – should Greek people feel insulted that the variants are designated by Greek letters?). I’ve … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Instapundit.] This sounds extraordinary: Samuel Stupp at Northwestern University in Chicago and his colleagues created a material made of protein units, called monomers, that self-assemble into long chains, called supramolecular fibrils, in water. When they were injected into … Continue reading →
We’ve known for a long time that the COVID death figures are iffy because anyone who has COVID and dies is counted as a COVID-caused death. And yet that’s the way the numbers continue to be reported, which certainly gives … Continue reading →
The rush to vaccine mandates isn’t really about COVID science. It masks little sense in those terms. If vaccines are protective, then those who are vaccinated are in no danger from the unvaccinated. And if vaccines aren’t protective, then why … Continue reading →
The vaccine mandates in New York for police and firefighters mean that the city stands to lose about 20% of its firefighter first responders and some unknown number of its police too: New York City’s first responders are grappling with … Continue reading →
On how COVID restrictions have transformed the UK – not COVID itself, mind you, but the response to it: What was once the land of “keep calm and carry on” could now be the “most frightened nation in the world.” … Continue reading →
Yesterday we were discussing how a disease like multiple myeloma almost certainly made Colin Powell susceptible to dying from COVID despite having been vaccinated. Now I see there’s even more to it: Patients with active chronic lymphocytic leukemia or multiple … Continue reading →
RIP Colin Powell, who was 84 and reportedly died of “COVID complications” despite being “fully vaccinated.” I’ll leave others to discuss the ups and downs of his career, except to say that, to the best of my recollection, he was … Continue reading →
The US hasn’t been big on general strikes, although they’re a bit more popular in Europe. And in the past they’ve tended to be launched by the left. The forced vaccine mandates the Biden administration has tried to foist on … Continue reading →
…if I could figure out whether the information we’re getting on that is reliable or too speculative so far. But here’s a thread for you to discuss the subject in the meantime. And here are a couple of articles: this … Continue reading →
Here’s the evidence: Purchases of PCR tests in China’s Hubei Province surged months before the first official reports of a novel coronavirus case there, according to a report by Australia-based cybersecurity company Internet 2.0. About 67.4 million yuan ($10.5 million … Continue reading →
The medical and leftist political establishments have been experimenting with the lives of children who identify as transgender, without knowing much about it at all. It seems ironic to me, on reading this article, that these radical treatments were offered … Continue reading →