#US higher education ‘fights’ COVID with superstition

#US higher education ‘fights’ COVID with superstition

“US higher education ‘fights’ COVID with superstition” Boy, is US higher education full of idiots: Columbia University, affiliated Barnard College and Pace University, among other schools, have all started requiring masking indoors again. Columbia-Barnard only scrapped the mandate on March 14, so students got less than a month to breathe free, and now will be…

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#COVID case counts? Total nonsense

#COVID case counts? Total nonsense

“COVID case counts? Total nonsense” Congratulations to our public health masterminds for finally catching up with the reality that raw COVID case numbers are worse than useless as a metric.  A new survey of adults in New York City suggests that our testing regime may have missed more than 1.3 million cases between January and…

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#All eyes on Eric Adams and other commentary

#All eyes on Eric Adams and other commentary

“All eyes on Eric Adams and other commentary” Crime beat: All Eyes on Eric Adams A mass subway shooting, “during rush hour, might prove a turning point for city residents,” who thanks to remote work can “avoid the subways in much larger numbers,” warns City Journal’s Rafael A. Mangual. That “poses a real threat to…

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#Barry Manilow and lifetime friend reveal new project

#Barry Manilow and lifetime friend reveal new project

“Barry Manilow and lifetime friend reveal new project” He’s in perfect “Harmony“ Wednesday, my phone rings. A voice says: “Hi. It’s Barry Manilow.” Barry Manilow on my phone when I’m sitting in my kitchen inhaling a tuna salad sandwich on raisin bread with mayo? Second voice: “This is Bruce Sussman. I actually had dinner next to you…

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#Media’s laughable Musk panic and other commentary

#Media’s laughable Musk panic and other commentary

“Media’s laughable Musk panic and other commentary” From the left: Media’s Laughable Musk Panic While he has “no idea whether [Elon Musk’s] influence on the company would be positive,” TK News’ Matt Taibbi is loving the spectacle of Musk’s Twitter-takeover bid, as “other media figures” insist “Musk’s influence . . . will be bad —…

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#FDA authorizes first breathalyzer that detects COVID-19

#FDA authorizes first breathalyzer that detects COVID-19

“FDA authorizes first breathalyzer that detects COVID-19” WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency use authorization for what it said is the first device that can detect COVID-19 in breath samples. The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, the FDA said, and can be used…

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#The CDC is hypocritical over its COVID policies

#The CDC is hypocritical over its COVID policies

“The CDC is hypocritical over its COVID policies” The biggest problem in public-health policy is inconsistency. Which is why it doesn’t make sense for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be extending its mask mandate on planes, buses and trains while rolling back Title 42, which has done far more to protect our…

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