Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: July 12 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through July 12. It looks like Wave 1.5 is well underway. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here. The Public Health Agency of Sweden is here.
The Selfish and Unselfish Case for Sending Scientists and Doctors Abroad
Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy of Mother Jones illustration; Boston University School of MedicineCourtesy of Boston University School of Medicine For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the world grapples with the devastation of the coronavirus, one thing is clear: The United States simply wasn’t prepared. Despite repeated warnings from…
Global Warming. Inequality. COVID-19. And Al Gore Is…Optimistic?
Omar Marques/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Before he was the guy with the climate change PowerPoint presentation, before he lost the US presidency by a nose (and a Supreme Court decision), Al Gore had…
White House Goes on the Attack Against Anthony Fauci
Chip Somodevilla/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Whatever happened to Anthony Fauci? We don’t see much of him anymore. It turns out that President Trump got tired of Fauci’s pessimism about COVID-19 and has mostly sidelined him. In fact, it’s worse than that. When a Washington Post…
Surgeon General Explains His March Comments on Masks by Noting We Used to Give People Cocaine
One of the most maddening things about the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic was the complete 180 on masks. In the critical early weeks of the crisis, the US Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention balked at telling the general public to wear face coverings, even as residents of…
Betsy DeVos Went on CNN and Was Asked About Reopening Schools. It Was a Disaster.
Yuri Gripas-POOL/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump spent a lot of the last week talking about re-opening public schools in the fall. As the Daily Beast reported, his campaign has done polling on the issue and found that it could be…