Tag: COVID-19

By Jackie Wilhelm | January 13, 2022 12:34 p.m.

A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, with the Senate all but paralyzed, Josh and Kate discuss the Supreme Court’s posture on the Biden administration’s use of agency power.

You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.

Radicalization Pipelines: How Targeted Ads On Social Media Drive People To Extremes

These social ad mechanisms are increasingly being used for more nefarious purposes than aggressive advertising.

By Jeanna Matthews | January 13, 2022 10:42 a.m.

The Administration’s Flawed COVID Messaging

By John Judis | January 12, 2022 3:40 p.m.

One area of policy where I hoped the new Biden administration would excel was in its handling of the pandemic, but it has not done so. It wasn’t prepared for either the Delta or Omicron variants; it failed initially to acknowledge waning vaccine immunity and delayed access to boosters; it still doesn’t have an accurate count nationally of infections; and its public messaging on masks, tests, and vaccines has been confusing and sometimes misleading. That was epitomized by a statement from acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Janet L. Woodcock in the Senate hearings yesterday.

Fauci Reiterates Omicron Will Infect Most. But That Doesn’t Necessarily Mean More Illness.

By Summer Concepcion | January 12, 2022 1:29 p.m.

Fauci Marvels As GOP Sen Demands An Already-Public Document Be Made Public: ‘What A Moron’

By Summer Concepcion | January 11, 2022 1:20 p.m.

Vaccine Hostility Gets Its Day In The Supreme Court

It was bound to happen, wasn't it?

By Josh Kovensky | January 7, 2022 3:36 p.m.

SCOTUS Considers Biden’s Vaccine Mandates In Cases That May Have Far-Reaching Reverberations

By Kate Riga | January 7, 2022 1:41 p.m.

I Saw Firsthand What It Takes To Keep COVID Out Of Hong Kong. It Felt Like a Different Planet.

On a visit to Hong Kong, ProPublica reporter Caroline Chen encountered a 21-day quarantine, a bevy of COVID tests, universal masking and, finally, a fear-free family holiday.

By Caroline Chen | January 6, 2022 11:09 a.m.

Ron John Wonders Why We’re All Trying To Play God By Getting Vaccinated

By Nicole Lafond and Cristina Cabrera | January 5, 2022 10:43 a.m.

Twitter Permanently Suspends Greene’s Personal Account After ‘Repeated Violations’ Of Its Policy

By Summer Concepcion | January 2, 2022 1:20 p.m.