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  COVID-19 Update, September 23: Take My Vaccine, Please
US health officials have woken up to the realization that the president's attempts at selling a faster-than-fast vaccine to the American public have backfired, making anti-vaxxers out of people who normally hate that term. As you can ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 22: Sixty-Seven 9/11s
The US now has 200,000 dead from COVID-19, which is odd, since the president thinks the nation's infection rate is miniscule. (See the story below for the meaning of today's grim title.) Meanwhile, Dr. Fauci exposes the president's ...
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COVID-19 Update: September 21, 2020: Two Hundred Thousand and Counting
By the time you read this, we may have passed the milestone of 200,000 Americans dead from COVID-19; if not, it will happen soon enough. Meanwhile, the president has no regrets, his health experts are executing verbal tap dances for fear ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 18: Under Pressure
If it wasn't clear before, it is now obvious that the White House is engaged in a power struggle with the scientific establishment, as the president tries to produce a COVID-19 vaccine before the election, when not trying to wish the ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 17: Mixed Messages
The conflict between science and wishful thinking is particularly intense at the moment. The president dismisses the CDC director's assertion -- based on the evidence -- that a vaccine isn't imminent in the next few weeks. The president ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 16, 2020: Restart to RESTART
The president attends a televised town hall and makes a host of nonsensical statements. Infighting continues between Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control. There's a sweeping plan to implement a vaccine, but no ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 15, 2020: The Compromise Bill
Just when appears that Congress is incapable of passing a stimulus bill, a compromise plan emerges. Does it have a chance? Stay tuned. Meanwhile, the strange case of Michael Caputo, whose job description appears to be based on ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 14, 2020: The Rewrite
The president continues to insist that the pandemic is rapidly fading away, even if he has to make the CDC rewrite its reports to suit him. At the same time, a mountain of evidence indicates that this is not so. But in the battle between ...
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COVID-19 Update: September 11, 2020: Then and Now
A day to remember, to never forget. Today's crisis casts a shadow on remembrances of tragedy two decades ago, as the government's response to the pandemic continues to be one of denial and inaction. Twenty years ago, we faced a terrible ...
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COVID-19 Update: September 10, 2020: "I Always Wanted to Play It Down"
The American West is on fire. Congress can't agree on relief for unemployed Americans. And the number of deaths from COVID-19 continues to march upward. But today the nation's attention is riveted on unimpeachable evidence that, for ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 9, 2020: School in Session
Operation Warp Speed hits a speed bump -- but don't panic yet. Progress on a relief bill continues to go nowhere -- but you knew that. Today's news is all about our beleaguered school system, which is struggling to get started in a ...
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COVID-19 Update: September 8, 2020: The Way We Live Now
Although the media's attention was focused on the controversy surrounding the president's reported remarks about the military, he continues to be obsessed with delivering a vaccine ASAP. Whether this is realistic is another matter. ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 4, 2020: The Labor Day Challenge
As the nation's attention is focused on another inexplicable death (this one in Rochester), the president's illegal advice about voting twice, and reports of his crudely dismissive comments about fallen soldiers, new revelations emerge ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 3, 2020: Rush to Judgment
The government moves into high gear, preparing to distribute a vaccine in time, even though none have yet been found to work. Optimism or something else? If the rush to judge one of the vaccines a winner makes you nervous, consider how ...
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COVID-19 Update: September 2, 2020: The 6% Delusion
Yesterday's Red Alert RESTART sent a charge of hope and enthusiasms through the industry. Both are needed, as today's headlines reveal a national government swamped in fake cures and conspiracy theories, while hopes for relief ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 1, 2020: Herd Immunity
Today's the day:
Here's how to watch all the events of the industry's Red Alert: tinyurl.com/y28gal6h.
But before you watch, write to Congress: ...
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COVID-19 Update: August 31, 2020: Six Million and Counting
As the nation's attention is focused on events in Kenosha and Portland, a flurry of developments, both good and bad, continue. The good news: progress is being made on medical front. The bad news: The country passes a grim new milestone ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 28, 2020: "Everybody is Going to Catch this Thing Eventually"
The quote above is from a senior White House official, commenting on the lack of social distancing measures at the White House during the president's acceptance speech. It also serves as a mission statement for the government's COVID-19 ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 27, 2020: Back-to-School Blues
As the country confronts a series of new developments, including a hurricane, urban unrest, a sports boycott, and the Republican National Convention, the pandemic gets put on the media's back burner. But arguments are flying over the CDC' ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 26, 2020: It Ain't Over
A new government response to the pandemic emerges: Pretend it is over, that the disease is well in hand, and the prosperity is just around the corner. It's a gamble to be sure, but it appears to be where the president is laying all his ...
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