Link. Great story.
Daily Archives: February 28, 2022
“The thing that will bring down the Russian economy in the long term is the exact same thing that will fight climate change in the long term — shift from fossil fuels to renewables and electric vehicle”
Link. Inspiring Putin exit.
Jane Brody’s alleged last Personal Health column.
Link. Retired — she says. Retrospective on health advice since she started at NYT … in 1965.
“The two largest placebo-controlled trials of [psychedelic] microdosing were published last year, and they both suggest that the benefits people experience are from the placebo effect”
Link.
Fiona Hill on Putin: “Russian World means re-gathering all the Russian-speakers in different places that belonged at some point to the Russian tsardom.”
Link. Must read.
COVID: “one in every 168 American Indian or Alaska Native children, one in every 310 Black children, one in every 412 Hispanic children, and one in every 612 Asian children had lost a caregiver, compared with one in 753 white children.”
Link. The native numbers are insane. Would like deeper dive there.
Pfizer Shot Is Far Less Effective for infection prevention in 5- to 11-Year-Olds Than in Older Kids.
Link. Dose is likely too low. Protects against severe illness.
30% US “Asian” experience COVID discrimination.
Link. Presumably Han appearing Asian. Does not break down abusers by ethnicity or race.
SK Omicron “surge”: “112 deaths in a 24-hour period”
Link. That’s much smaller than US numbers even when adjust for population. Should fall quickly. Amazing vaccine rate.
Big tech is betting that offices are still the future.
Link. Most don’t build robust relationships remotely. Without those bonds small fissures grow.
Dr. Bronner’s, the (privately held) Psychedelic Soap Company.
Link. Private companies are more fun. Definitely read.
Putin was idol of many, not just American GOP.
Link. Really didn’t get much US attention. He was very popular.