#Pandemic

Steve Munro

SwanBoatSteve

Yesterday, I peered back into that mysterious land before the pandemic, and watched "Requiem for the American Dream". This doc was made in 2015 with some footage from years immediately

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

Great article in the Monthly Labor Review about employment this recession. I'm going to walk through some highlights, starting with this excellent figure that shows the depth of each post-war

The 100 Club

100clubLondon

Despite having to shut for the foreseeable as London is now placed in Tier 3, we’re pleased to announce that we’ll be trialling the Pathogen Reduction System (PRS) next month

Margaret Killjoy 🏴

magpiekilljoy

someone asked elsewhere how anarchism would deal with a pandemic, with no legal systems to regulate masking, quarantining, etc. this is largely the wrong question. anarchism is not devoid of

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BEST ECONOMIC STIMULUS? Pay every American $1500 for vaccination—especially for vaccines that need 2 doses. Remember, vaccination programs is what will save lives & economy. $7 Trillion global economic boost

Ernesto Priego

ernestopriego

Wish I had more time, space & energy to write something more than a quick pre-lecture thread on this (I'm sure others have done so already or will do), but

UBI Works 🇨🇦🧢

ubi_works

New report shows #BasicIncome can speed up Canada's recovery & grow the economy sustainably:$80B/yr in GDP600K jobs$15B/yr business investments to expand/hire$32B/yr in total wages3.2M families out of povertyReport & Highlights:

Cheryl Platz

funnygodmother

It probably looks to outsiders like US citizens have near-infinite viable choices about where to live, but the pandemic is laying bare the unique and sometimes life-threatening weaknesses in each

Anthony Costello

globalhlthtwit

The PM says all frontline workers, people aged 70+ and people with serious underlying conditions will be vaccinated by mid-February. That’s 13 million, so 2 million per week. Potentially doable

Karleen Gribble

DrKarleenG

1/ UK health authorities are not "playing it safe" by not making COVID-19 vaccination available to breastfeeding women. Their policy will decrease breastfeeding which will increase infant morbidity to infection

Charlie Camosy

CCamosy

The avalanche of support in recent days for @JaniceDean and a small number of others working to expose Cuomo and the cover-up has been extraordinary. He should be held accountable

Dan Kelly

CFIB

These are worrisome days indeed. In some regions, it appears we are moving right back where we started in mid-March. The tone of several premiers is ominous. I worry deeply

19thnews

19thnews

Women and people of color have been disproportionately hard-hit economically by the pandemic, exposing housing insecurity as among the most acute issues facing Americans.If confirmed, @mlfudge‘s role as HUD secretary

Restrained Elegance

RElegance

Thoughts for 2021 (not exactly cheery I'm afraid).1) Brexit is finally "done" and it's consequences will reverberate through the next decade or more. It is a stupid act of national

Melissa Ryan

MelissaRyan

Can we stop pretending that Republican electeds have any interest in governing? They want to shitpost, do stunts for media attention and fundraising, harass their Democratic colleagues. None of them

Matt Blair

mjblair

I’ve spent the day thinking about this trending article, which was written by a Canadian. It argues that “rugged individualism” is one of the factors that rendered America incapable of

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