David Dykstal
Posts tagged “pandemic”
The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free a book by Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney
April 28, 2022
Opinion | Ron DeSantis oversees high covid death rates. How does he sleep at night?
March 14, 2022
The pandemic’s seasonality didn’t spare Florida
February 8, 2022
Life, death and ‘hugs and prayers’: A story of covid in rural Michigan
January 18, 2022
Trump Rally Fact-Check: Covid-19 and Election Falsehoods
January 16, 2022
Good riddance to 2021, the stupidest year in U.S. history
December 26, 2021
Deadline Detroit | Michigan Hospital Workers Subject to Violence From Patients During Pandemic
December 20, 2021
Trump White House made ‘deliberate efforts’ to undermine Covid response, report says
December 18, 2021
Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates : Shots - Health News
December 5, 2021
Emails reveal new details of Trump White House interference in CDC Covid planning
November 12, 2021
Trump’s payroll tax deferral for census workers cost taxpayers
November 5, 2021
Starkman: America Should Import Hospital CEOs, Not Nurses
October 25, 2021
Minnesota veteran who couldn’t get a hospital bed for two days dies at 87 | Pine Journal
October 15, 2021
Medical Journals Say Climate, Not COVID-19, Is Top Public Health Threat
September 7, 2021
Fauci Pushes Back On DeSantis Comment That Vaccine Is Personal Choice : Coronavirus Updates
September 7, 2021
Doctors Say Texas Leaders Failed To Stop COVID-19 From Spreading – Houston Public Media
September 4, 2021
Poison control centers are fielding a surge of ivermectin overdose calls
September 4, 2021
Inmates Weren’t Told They Were Given Ivermectin Instead Of COVID-19 Medication
September 2, 2021
Osterholm on the fourth COVID-19 wave, schools reopening and vaccine safety
September 1, 2021
Surgical masks limit covid-19 spread, say authors of Bangladesh study
September 1, 2021
Southern Oregon Hospitals Slammed By Biggest COVID Surge Yet : Shots - Health News
August 30, 2021
Florida starts turning on DeSantis
August 30, 2021
An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19
August 30, 2021
Abbott bans Covid vaccine mandates in Texas, regardless of FDA approval status
August 30, 2021
Hawaii governor David Ige urges tourists not to visit as covid-19 surge punishes hospitals
August 25, 2021
Report on Arizona ballot review is delayed after Cyber Ninjas chief and colleagues test positive for coronavirus
August 24, 2021
Woman Who Coughed On Food And Said She Had Virus Gets Jail : Coronavirus Updates
August 24, 2021
How Trumpian politics stoke the coronavirus pandemic
August 24, 2021
The GOP fought mandates by emphasizing the vaccines’ emergency status. Now what?
August 24, 2021
Trump and Mo Brooks are booed by the monster Trump’s GOP created
August 23, 2021
Covid Skeptic Phil Valentine Dies Getting Coronavirus
August 22, 2021
Ron DeSantis says Floridians with covid-19 should take Regeneron antibody treatment given to Trump
August 13, 2021
Migrants not the cause of Florida COVID surge
August 11, 2021
Republicans risk becoming face of delta surge as key GOP governors oppose anti-covid measures
August 11, 2021
Some Republicans Blame Migrants For COVID-19 Surges. Doctors Say They’re Scapegoating
August 11, 2021
Opinion | Who Trump Thinks Is Really to Blame for the Covid Surge
August 8, 2021
DeSantis’s effort to blame Biden for the covid surge in Florida
August 6, 2021
U.S. economy surpasses prepandemic size with 6.5% Q2 growth
August 5, 2021
U.S. jobless claims down 24,000 to 400,000 as economy recovers
August 5, 2021
The economy is surging. These 4 things will determine what happens next
August 5, 2021
Micheal Freedy texted fiancee before dying of covid-19, ‘I should have gotten the damn vaccine’
August 2, 2021
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA stokes vaccine resistance as Delta variant surges
July 29, 2021
Four Pinocchios for Ron Johnson’s campaign of vaccine misinformation
July 16, 2021
Fox News reporter Peter Doocy’s ‘spying’ blunder
July 16, 2021
Who’s the boss? Workers emerge from the pandemic wanting more
July 16, 2021
Arkansas mom regrets not getting her child vaccinated
July 16, 2021
GOP blows smoke blaming Biden for higher gas prices
July 16, 2021
Florida Gov. DeSantis sells anti-Fauci merchandise as doctor draws Republican ire
July 14, 2021
Opinion | Republicans refusing to get vaccinated are owning no one but themselves
July 13, 2021
As the world moves on, the unvaccinated and vulnerable are still dying from COVID-19
July 12, 2021
Lies Beget Tragedy
July 12, 2021
Kristi Noem leans into her people-can-choose-to-die-if-they-want-to 2024 messaging
July 12, 2021
Tucker Carlson doesn’t know how life expectancy works
July 7, 2021
Appalachian covid deniers anger nurses in Virginia
July 6, 2021
‘Nightmare Scenario’ book excerpt: Inside the extraordinary effort to save Trump from covid-19
June 24, 2021
Soaring prices draw both shrugs and screaming in Washington
June 18, 2021
How The Price Of A Toyota Truck Helps Explain Surging Inflation
June 10, 2021
No, the pandemic didn’t slow down climate change. In fact, scientists warn it’s accelerating
June 5, 2021
Trump pushes Wuhan lab leak theory and targets Fauci
June 5, 2021
Timeline: How the Wuhan lab-leak theory suddenly became credible
May 25, 2021
‘The final straw’: How the pandemic pushed restaurant workers over the edge
May 25, 2021
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed for comparing Pelosi’s House covid restrictions to the Holocaust
May 24, 2021
How Texas Republicans Want to Recast History
May 21, 2021
Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows
May 15, 2021
U.S. unemployment claims drop to 473,000, a new pandemic low
May 13, 2021
Ron Johnson’s unscientific use of vaccine and death data
May 12, 2021
Tucker Carlson and GOP point finger at Fauci for coronavirus
May 12, 2021
Central Europe’s deadly pandemic blunders
May 11, 2021
Man Arrested In San Francisco Stabbing Of 2 Asian Women
May 6, 2021
Tucker Carlson’s sloppiest, most dangerous vaccine segment yet
May 6, 2021
Emails show Trump officials celebrate efforts to change CDC reports on coronavirus
April 9, 2021
What we’ve learned about leadership from the COVID-19 pandemic
April 6, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine inequity will prolong the pandemic and cost lives
April 3, 2021
A World Economic Forum report says the pandemic may set women back by a whole generation
April 2, 2021
Republicans attack Biden administration over vaccine passports
March 30, 2021
America’s pandemic dead deserve accountability after Birx disclosure
March 29, 2021
A better pandemic response might have saved hundreds of thousands of lives — and Trump’s presidency
March 25, 2021
Light at end of tunnel? Fed sees faster economic growth, with only modest inflation
March 17, 2021
Ron Johnson’s unscientific take on the coronavirus vaccine
March 15, 2021
CDC review identifies public health guidance authored under Trump administration that downplayed severity of pandemic
March 15, 2021
Why Did Trump Decide Not to Have a Plan to Vaccinate the Country?
March 13, 2021
Slavitt: I would ‘tip my hat’ to Trump’s Operation Warp Speed
March 11, 2021
Biden rides a Keep It Simple, Stupid strategy to early success
March 7, 2021
Opinion | Living in Texas right now feels like an exercise in survival
March 7, 2021
Cuomo Aides Rewrote Nursing Home Report to Hide Higher Death Toll
March 5, 2021
Biden’s strong coronavirus numbers reinforce the folly of Trump’s approach
March 5, 2021
Wealthy residents of Ocean Reef had vaccines in January
March 4, 2021
Abbott: Texas mask mandate rollback ‘isn’t going to make that big of a change’
March 4, 2021
It’s time to re-skill Minnesota
March 3, 2021
Labor watchdog backs calls for binding Covid-19 workplace safety standard, slams Trump’s policy
March 2, 2021
As virus-era attacks on Asians rise, past victims look back
March 2, 2021
How the Public-Health Messaging Backfired
February 27, 2021
The GOP’s anti-stimulus rallying cry: What happened to the unspent $1 trillion?
February 27, 2021
CPAC hosts booed for asking attendees to wear masks
February 26, 2021
Opinion | Both sides of the school reopening debate have it wrong
February 25, 2021
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, flu has disappeared in the U.S.
February 25, 2021
Dissecting the House GOP spin against Biden’s $1.9 trillion covid relief bill
February 25, 2021
Biden’s messed-up math comparing war deaths to covid deaths
February 23, 2021
How Delta fared better than other airlines while leaving middle seats open
February 21, 2021
DeSantis defends Florida vaccine clinic exclusively serving wealthier zip codes
February 18, 2021
Harris’s claim that Biden vaccine plan was ‘starting from scratch’
February 17, 2021
Bill Gates is fighting climate change and covid conspiracy theories. He’s also ‘experiencing the greatest pushback ever in my life.’
February 17, 2021
COVID crisis: Laid off and evicted, more people make cars their home
February 17, 2021
Fauci Awarded $1 Million Israeli Prize For ‘Speaking Truth To Power’ Amid Pandemic : Coronavirus Updates
February 15, 2021
Pandemics have spawned extremist movements since ancient times
February 15, 2021
Why are coronavirus cases dropping in the U.S.? Experts point to four reasons.
February 15, 2021
Doctors bring the fight to anti-vaxxers online
February 15, 2021
S.D. governor gives state high marks in handling the pandemic. Are they deserved?
February 15, 2021
Millions are out of a job. Yet some employers wonder: Why can’t I find workers?
February 15, 2021
Anti-Asian attacks have left Bay Area activists bracing for more.
February 14, 2021
Air travelers to Canada to isolate at hotels starting Feb. 22
February 12, 2021
Trump Was Sicker Than Acknowledged With Covid-19
February 11, 2021
WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab
February 9, 2021
Coronavirus live updates: Biden says Trump administration overstated the number of vaccine doses available
February 8, 2021
Two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden’s COVID-19 response: POLL
February 7, 2021
The pandemic is replacing people with tech — threatening the jobs rebound
February 6, 2021
In Mayo ICU, the cleaning routine is the same; it’s the heartache that’s new
February 3, 2021
Vaccine Locations / COVID-19 Updates and Information
February 1, 2021
Johnson & Johnson 1-dose shot prevents COVID-19, but less than some others
January 29, 2021
Brazil coronavirus variant crushes Manaus
January 28, 2021
Millions earmarked for public health emergencies were used to pay for unrelated projects, says inspector general
January 27, 2021
Florida’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Rife With Snags And Inequities
January 27, 2021
Why The Coronavirus Variant From Brazil Is Especially Worrisome To Scientists : Goats and Soda
January 27, 2021
The pandemic could devastate mass transit in the U.S. — and not for the reason you think
January 24, 2021
Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like
January 24, 2021
University of Florida students flock to bars, clubs amid pandemic with few precautions
January 24, 2021
She Resisted Getting Her Kids The Usual Vaccines. Then The Pandemic Hit.
January 22, 2021
Fauci: Trump administration’s Covid strategy ‘very likely did’ cost lives
January 22, 2021
Biden aims to address ‘immediate supply shortfalls’ left behind by Trump
January 21, 2021
Biden will roll out a coronavirus strategy aimed at beefing up federal response
January 21, 2021
U.S. Vaccine Supply: What to Know
January 21, 2021
Minnesota seniors and teachers could start to be vaccinated this week
January 19, 2021
Trump team tries to milk the politics of food boxes
January 19, 2021
Opinion | Biden’s Covid-19 Plan Is Maddeningly Obvious
January 18, 2021
Biden’s Covid-19 Plan Is Maddeningly Obvious
January 18, 2021
The crash landing of ‘Operation Warp Speed’
January 17, 2021
Biden to deploy FEMA, National Guard to set up Covid vaccine clinics across the U.S.
January 15, 2021
Covid-19 Live Updates: As California Eases Vaccine Rules, Many Complain of Chaos
January 14, 2021
Lessons from the pandemic: Start with advancing Medicare for All
January 11, 2021
Small Number of Covid Patients Develop Severe Psychotic Symptoms
December 28, 2020
Hiding Covid-19: How the Trump Administration Suppresses Photography of the Pandemic
December 27, 2020
How COVID-19 Became A ‘Tremendous Windfall’ For The Ultra Rich
December 23, 2020
The inside story of how Trump’s denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic’s dark winter
December 19, 2020
States report confusion as government reduces vaccine shipments, while Pfizer says it has ‘millions’ of unclaimed doses
December 17, 2020
Study: One in five ‘essential’ workers in Covid fight is an immigrant
December 16, 2020
A top scientist questioned virus lockdowns on Fox News. The backlash was fierce.
December 16, 2020
America’s biggest companies are flourishing during the pandemic and putting thousands of people out of work
December 16, 2020
Two Rural States With GOP Governors And Very Different COVID-19 Results
November 20, 2020
COVID-19 denial still rampant in some virus hotspots
November 19, 2020
How The Political Divide In Wisconsin Is Affecting The State’s COVID-19 Response
October 23, 2020
Ireland To Impose 6-Week National Lockdown, Estimates 150,000 Job Losses : Coronavirus Live Updates
October 20, 2020
What’s The Risk Of Catching COVID-19 On A Plane? And Do Masks Cut It? : Goats and Soda
October 20, 2020
1,632 new Minnesota COVID-19 infections as case growth outpaces testing
October 13, 2020
Americans are dying in the pandemic at rates far higher than in other countries
October 13, 2020
Doctors disturbed after Trump removes his mask upon returning to the White House
October 6, 2020
Opinion | Americans showed Trump compassion. He repaid us with contempt.
October 5, 2020
As virus spreads across GOP ranks, some Republicans say party will pay price for ‘stupid’ approach
October 3, 2020
A White House Long in Denial Confronts Reality
October 3, 2020
Opinion | Performing arts are near the point of no return. Conservatives should rescue them.
October 2, 2020
What would Minnesota Republicans do differently than Walz on COVID-19?
September 29, 2020
NAS and NAM Presidents Alarmed By Political Interference in Science Amid Pandemic
September 24, 2020
Debunking the false claim that COVID-19 death counts are inflated - Scientific American
June 1, 2020