800,000 People in the United States Have Died of COVID-19
An art installation no the National Mall commemorating all Americans who have died of COVID-19 on September 24, 2021. Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When the United States hit 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in May of 2020, it was a…
How Is the US Actually Doing on Tracking Variants Like Omicron? We Asked Some Experts.
Mother Jones illustration; Ivan Yudin/TASS/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Back in February—a lifetime ago in pandemic time—I spoke with several experts who warned about the United States’ ability to sequence and track coronavirus variants. At the time, scientists in the United…
The Bombshell Story About Trump’s Positive COVID Test Result Just Got Even Murkier
Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Franz Kafka would be proud of this mess. Yesterday, my colleague Noah Kim wrote about what appeared to be a stunning confession: Donald Trump received a positive COVID-19 test before his first debate with Joe…
What the Hell Is Going on With Eligibility for COVID-19 Boosters?
Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For most people, the issue of COVID-19 boosters essentially boils down to “Should I get one or not?” But due to muddled messaging from federal agencies, it’s been difficult to get a direct answer to…
New Revelations Emerge on How Donald Trump Killed 400,000 (or More) Americans
President Donald Trump at a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, on March 22, 2020, with Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vice President Mike Pence, and FEMA head Peter Gaynor.Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the…
Noisy NYC Anti-Vaccine Protests Are Hiding a Simple Fact
More than 26,000 of New York City’s municipal workers remained unvaccinated after Friday’s deadline. But the rates have surged in recent days.Seth Wenig/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Rowdy protests. Trash thrown at the Mayor’s mansion. Suspensions following threats to state Senate…