By Nir Menachemi, IUPUI How deadly is SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19? And what are the risks of death for people of different ages and demographics? These have been hard numbers to calculate during this pandemic. To calculate the true death rate – more accurately called the infection–fatality ratio (IFR) – you would…
How Many Survivors of the Trump Virus Will Survive Trump’s War on the Postal Service? Watch this short but outrageous Rachel Maddow video (3 min 47 sec), then call Doug LaMalfa’s office and ask him if he supports Trump’s war on the Postal Service, and — if not — what he’s going to do…
Dear Dad: It’s been about forty years since you died. I’m sorry I’ve waited so long to write to you. We got busy raising kids … well, I know you know what that’s like. But ours are all grown up now and have lives of their own. Actually they’ve been grown-up and on their…
Don Pelton As someone who is a member of at least four demographic groups associated with a higher risk of death from Corona virus, I’m distressed to live in the least vaccine-compliant county in California. The scientific understanding of the Corona virus is changing rapidly, and the degree of vaccine compliance required to achieve…
EXCERPT from … “GOP ‘Plot to Gut Social Security Behind Closed Doors’ Gains Steam in Senate Covid-19 Talks” ‘Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works, said in an emailed statement to Common Dreams that “at a time when current Republican policy is to let seniors die of Covid-19 by the tens of thousands without…