Endemic Report
The Sick Times:
COVID's summer wave continues to spread, although at lower rates in the post-pandemic era. By
far, the biggest news story over the past week was David Morens, former Fauci advisor, pleading guilty to conspiring to conceal COVID records. Another big story was Moderna, an mRNA vaccine producer, showing a possible cancer-related application.
Other COVID -related news items:
- "Hospital-Onset Antibiotic Resistance Remained Elevated After COVID-19 Pandemic Peak"
- "Brain scans reveal lasting tissue and chemical changes in both long COVID and recovered patients"
- "COVID-19 mortality gap between men and women narrowed sharply as the pandemic progressed"
- "Researchers probe why 2 Indigenous groups in Bolivia had lowest COVID death rates in world"
- "Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Effectively Protect Against Symptomatic Infection"
- "Exposed to COVID-19? New drug could help prevent infection before symptoms strike"
- "1 in 6 adults plagued by loneliness as researchers reveal lasting impact of COVID pandemic"
- COVID relef fraud/othr crimes:
- "Republican pleads guilty in multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud, COVID loan scheme"
- "Phoenix man sentenced to 15 months in prison for $1M COVID-19 relief fraud scheme"
- "Ponte Vedra Beach man gets seven years for COVID-19 PPE fraud scheme"
- Legal/political items:\
- "‘Biggest cover-up in 50 years’: Anthony Fauci’s COVID-19 response blasted"
- "4th Circuit rules against arrested Raleigh COVID protester"
- "Sunday Read: Did Fauci fund research that caused COVID-19?"
- "Medical researcher who touted Covid ‘cure’ and was hailed by Dr Oz under fire over ethics"
Other Notes
The blog is still getting 500+ page reads a day. The posts have passed the 300-post mark, which has happened since 2010. I'm still working on my first Augus essay. My X/Twitter followers have dipped below 200, and most impressions look modest at best, which makes me wonder whether a more explicit shadow ban is in effect.
