Outside the Beltway

Yet more evidence that we’re a nation divided.

Vaccination is voluntary but refusal is not without consequence.

Yet another thing driving Americans apart.

An unfunded mandate remains in place.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

A veteran health reporter says the end is near. But there’s a huge caveat.

The fact-checkers blew this one and blew it big.

A third of the party’s Members of Congress voted against a popular bill.

The politics of science comes full circle.

The new CDC guidelines raise some serious questions.

Even as things improve, the virus continues to take its toll.

Speaker Pelosi and House Republicans are waging separate battles with science.

Great news—with a rather huge caveat.

New polling provides useful insights into the problem.

Should live-saving drugs be protected intellectual property?

The reaction to the pandemic has long since been about much more than the pandemic.

We’re at the lowest rate in generations.

The least vulnerable Americans will soon be vaccinated.

Covid appears here to stay, so the goal is management.

Assessing Republican strategic positioning (and the incentives in our system).

The numbers are staggering and getting worse.

The President used his first speech to Congress as an attempt to unite the country.

The CDC is green-lighting much, much more activity for the fully-vaccinated (with some caveats).

Another early COVID myth has been shattered.

A laser focus on the pandemic and economic insecurity has him in good shape at the traditional check-in point.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

The US has more shots available than willing arms while those in the developing world are dying.

More dramatic stats from a difficult year.

They were “disrespectful to the rule of law.”

Would a woman with his credentials be taken seriously?

Science, politics, and social norms intersect in some really strange ways.

More evidence that elite signals matter for mass behavior.

CDC and FDA have recommended a pause after one in a million issues with blood clotting.

You know you got it when you’re going insane.

A problematically wide-open election in difficult times.

Refuseniks are far more confident than those already vaccinated.

More than 73 percent of Britons will be vaccinated or previously-infected by Monday.

The politics and the science are in conflict.

49 percent of Americans lean Democratic, compared to 40 for Republicans. Yet a plurality identify as Independent.

The US continues in the right direction.

It makes sense for large-scale venues, yes? But making sense is not the issue.

He probably lacks the legal authority. And business interests in is state will fight hard against him.

Vaccinations are not keeping up with recklessness.

We can all agree that it’s important but not what it is.

A shocking number of states no longer require them and the Leader of the Free World lacks the authority to change that.

Competing analogies and externalities.

Many states are moving to a first come, first served basis for COVID shots.

The Excelsior Pass is the nation’s first. Will it start a trend?

The media became the story but the President was the news.