Outside the Beltway

How long rather than how many?

The combination of new variants and increased immunity has changed how the disease presents.

A study of 29 countries shows the impact of the pandemic.

Republicans have died at a far higher rate than Democrats.

Three weeks in, only 4.4 million Americans have gotten the shot.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

Pfizer and Moderna will soon roll out protection against newer strains.

Most Americans are choosing to live a normal life in abnormal times.

The leading public health agency no longer recommends doing things people had already stopped doing.

A disease spreading mostly among gay men is now infecting small children.

Despite every precaution, the 79-year-old leader of the free world is infected.

When belief is more important than facts

With the government throwing its hands up, it’s now up to the citizenry.

A decades-long decline has ended.

Yet another study that confirms my pre-existing biases.

Vice President Harris gets better care than the average American. Cue the outrage!

Some 60% of us, including 75% of our children, have been infected.

A twist on an evergreen debate.

Speaker Pelosi has it. Is President Biden next?

Lots of folks at the Gridiron dinner are positive.

The public health community is divided on whether it’s a good idea.

We did much better in 2020 and worse since 2021 than we thought.

We may be on the verge half a century after our last experiment.

Mixed messages from the pharmaceutical companies.

Some of our citizens are at greater risk under relaxed mask guidelines.

A new way to think about the problem.

Blue and red states alike are ending mask mandates and other restrictions.

Media reporting on CDC findings is, once again, unhelpful.

The downside to online archives of pre-print articles.

Being too cautious and careless are not equal sins.

Being willing to do anything to survive, but not that.

There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.

Are we really being blocked from getting back to normal? And if so, what is the real barrier?

Are Fauci, the CDC, and others getting a bum rap?

We’ll take what we can get.

The CDC is weighing changing the definition of “fully vaccinated.”

Why are we still wearing cloth, which was an emergency measure?

A lot of America is simply over the pandemic, even if it isn’t over us.

In the age of vaccines, should we stop worrying about the pandemic?

The horrors never cease.

A scary if misleading factoid.

The next boot has dropped.

Reading disparate polling numbers critically.

Science and insanity don’t mix.

The CDC is leaving it up to you!

Is media coverage of experts’ struggles to understand COVID helpful?

Another effect of the pandemic.

Denial, whining, and truth wrapped into one segment.

While 96 percent of airmen are in compliance, the service is about to get smaller.

Cases per state adjusted for population.