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The Folly of School Openings as a Zero-Sum Game

Michelle D. Holmes, M.D., DRPH The American Prospect
We need to address the needs of students—and parents, and teachers. One size does not fit all, and race complicates the challenge.

Supreme Court Rules for Death by Covid

Lawrence Gostin The Daily Beast
Six Supreme Court ideologues have defied science, common sense and established law. Thousands will die of covid as a result.

Tidbits - Jan. 13, 2022 - Reader Comments: COVID Vaccines; Hospitals in Trouble; Solidarity and Internationalism in Today's World; Sidney Poitier; Thomas Piketty Turns to Socialism; Rosa Luxemburg; Martin Luther King; Anne and Carl Braden;

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Hospitals Are in Serious Trouble

Ed Yong The Atlantic
Omicron is inundating a health-care system that was already buckling under the cumulative toll of every previous surge.

Please Do Not Just Go Get Omicron

Please Do Not Just Go Get Omicron Vice
For vaccinated and otherwise healthy people, it may seem tempting to live a normal life and get Omicron over with. Here are some reasons why you shouldn't.

One World or No World. Choose!

Susan Rosenthal The Bullet
COVID-19 is far from over, not because it cannot be stopped but because it cannot be stopped in a profit-driven society. The same can be said for climate change, environmental destruction, pollution, poverty, and war.

Tidbits - Jan. 6, 2022 - Reader Comments: Green New Deal; Martin Luther King; Paul Robeson, 40s, 50s Civil Rights Movement; Fred Hampton; Africa, Congo, Lumumba, CIA; Athletes, Mental Health; Fossil Fuels; Medicare; NYC Labor & the New Mayor; more

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