The public health credibility crisis
When experts fail, how do we answer our questions about COVID?
Society
Monday
Scientists: WHO wrong to dismiss theory that COVID came from lab
An open letter to Science magazine will put pressure on WHO to explain further why it came to the conclusion it did
Tim Dillon is seriously funny
The worldview from which Dillon derives much of his comedy is apocalyptic: civilization on the brink
Friday
How politics ruined Instagram
Complex issues are now reducible to cutesy infographics and simple sloganeering
Thursday
Everyone is depressed!
Michelle Obama is the latest multimillionaire to open up about mental health
To waive or not to waive
Any nation that’s well advanced in its vaccination program and has over-ordered should stop hoarding and start sending spare batches abroad
Wednesday
Want to be attractive? Lose the mask
I go maskless. You should too
Tuesday
In defense of fat-shaming
Being fat isn’t like being old, it’s a choice
Monday
COVID restrictions are killing the national pastime
Watching pandemic baseball live is soul-crushing
Sunday
The dark side of DarkSide
The Colonial Pipeline attack shows there is no such thing as a righteous hacker
The worrying rise of ‘rent-a-womb’
Surrogacy is usually viewed as an act of kindness — but it can be dangerous
Saturday
The mystery of natural COVID immunity
There is a massive lack of honesty about what’s fact and what’s policy in public health
Wednesday
Facebook keeps Trump on the naughty step…for now
THE FACEBOOK OVERSIGHT BOARD HAS SPOKEN
Thursday
How I became Hispanic
Learning to love my inner Latino
Vaxxed lives matter!
The public-health mess of the outdoor protest
Wednesday
Made of honor: the complexities of a COVID wedding
Attention-shy couples can elope guilt-free, while bridezillas get to be bossier than ever
Tuesday
Tucker Carlson…unmasked
The WHO and Unicef agree with the Fox News firestarter
Sunday
Toxic trads
Nobody is saved by a ‘worldview’
Wednesday
Where life is normal
Just outside of city centers the pandemic is hardly visible
Tuesday
Is the President Catholic?
Voters understandably doubt Biden’s Catholic convictions
