Outside the Beltway

The President has lost his patience with the unvaccinated.

I guess you proved your point about great powers picking and choosing their battlefields.

The President is looking for any leverage he can to get refuseniks vaccinated.

US health agencies are clashing with the World Health Organization on the question.

Part of the ongoing, slow-motion tragedy.

Two stories tell, well, a story about Texas and the pandemic.

Unsurprising news is unsurprising.

Whataboutism about a visit to Whataburger (and other tales of obfuscation).

Some recent news items that add to concern about American democracy.

Making it difficult for refuseniks works better than prizes.

It appears to be only a matter of time before the SECDEF orders active-duty troops to get the shots.

Compared to what?

As workplaces require proof of health status, a new debate has started.

Despite a rising groundswell of support, the obvious solution to our crisis has not been implemented.

The Philippine president is taking a novel approach to the problem.

The President hit all the right notes.

Behind the CDC’s messaging debacle.

It’s time for our political leaders to grow a spine.

The country’s largest employer is soon going to be less tolerant of the unvaccinated.

Several stories, not enough time for full write-ups.

And so general discussion of vaccine passports and requirements in the US.

Democrats and Independents are losing their enthusiasm. But some perspective is needed.

A study in contrasts.

We’re hurting the feelings of those trying to destroy the country.

COVID vaccine hesitancy is just the tip of the iceberg.

It’s not getting any better, folks.

Almost everyone in households making over $75,000 are protected from COVID.

Can you guess?

More reminders that the pandemic is not over.

Guidance from WHO, CDC, and local governments differs widely and for good reason.

The rate at which Americans are getting COVID shots is slowing rapidly.

The politics of face coverings continues to shift.

A lot of Americans think so.

Public health shouldn’t be made into a partisan issue.

Yet more evidence that we’re a nation divided.

Vaccination is voluntary but refusal is not without consequence.

The question is: for how long and ultimately how much?

The new CDC guidelines raise some serious questions.

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

Great news—with a rather huge caveat.

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

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

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

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.

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

The politics and the science are in conflict.

The US continues in the right direction.