Wuhan officials identified Huanan market as a pandemic risk at least five years before Covid emerged
Experts say market was either the site of an initial ‘spillover’ of Covid, or ‘amplified’ early circulation through a super-spreading event.
2.5b people in Earth’s 130 poorest countries have not been vaccinated. The 85 poorest countries won’t be vaccinated until 2023. The humanitarian cost is unforgivable – and self-defeating, as each infected person is a potential source of new strains.
Kati Kariko Helped Shield the World From the Coronavirus
How to protect your privacy while signing up for a COVID-19 vaccine online
A prominent Norwegian conspiracy theorist, who touted conspiracies about the coronavirus online, has died of the virus, according to multiple reports. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/conspiracy-theorist-hans-kristian-gaarder-dies/
YouTube Censors Florida Governor DeSantis and His Science Advisors https://www.aier.org/article/youtube-censors-florida-governor-desantis-and-his-science-advisors/
Biden pursues giant boost for science spending
“You have to ask yourself what the national security apparatus of this country thinks will happen to the US if they will not do the *most basic job* of protecting Americans. From an autocrat. From a pandemic. From organized crime.” ~ Sarah Kendzior @gaslitnation
A Gallery Owner was arrested after leaving a 10-Foot Heroin Spoon Sculpture outside OxyContin maker purdue pharma
Proud Boys and other far-right groups raise millions via Christian funding site
Capitol Police ignored intelligence warnings ahead of Jan. 6 riots, watchdog report finds
Republicans and conservatives are to blame for the America they decry
Support for porn bans founded on religion, not science: Conservative politicians have been citing science to support anti-porn legislation, but a new study suggests that the only Americans who still broadly support banning porn are biblical literalists — not science believers or skeptics.
Minimum Wage Would Be $44 an Hour If It Grew at Wall Street Bonus Rate