
There Is Nothing Normal about One Million People Dead from COVID
Mass media and policy makers are pushing for a return to pre-COVID times while trying to normalize a staggering death toll
Mass media and policy makers are pushing for a return to pre-COVID times while trying to normalize a staggering death toll
We need to suppress the level of SARS-CoV-2 in as many humans as possible as quickly as possible
On World AIDS Day, why global COVID deaths are a fraction of global AIDS deaths
It exists on a spectrum, and pretending activities are either deadly or risk-free helps no one
The sexual harassment charges are bad enough, but the man the media crowned “America’s governor” last year needlessly let thousands of New Yorkers die from COVID
You can’t ethically go ahead of the very people who made it possible for you to do so—at great personal risk
The coronavirus is amplifying racial, class and other disparities, just as HIV has been doing for decades
The Biden-Harris plan is vastly better than Trump’s “you’re on your own” approach—but it’s not perfect
The idea that we must “beat” or “get over” illness helps explain the grotesque carnival we’re now seeing in the White House
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