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- Why the Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse Than You Think https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/06/964527835/why-the-pandemic-is-10-times-worse-than-you-think 3 comments
- Canada must 're-think' relationship with China over pandemic https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-must-re-think-relationship-with-china-over-pandemic-scheer-1.4901531 59 comments worldnews
- Most Americans Think It’s Too Soon To Return To What Life Was Like Pre-Pandemic https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/most-americans-think-its-too-soon-to-return-to-what-life-was-like-pre-pandemic/ 16 comments politics
- Canada must 're-think' relationship with China over pandemic: Scheer https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-must-re-think-relationship-with-china-over-pandemic-scheer-1.4901531 86 comments worldnews
- Ed Yong: The Pandemic Changed How I Think About Science Writing https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/10/how-pandemic-changed-science-writing/620271/ 3 comments science
- Canadians fed up with ‘unwanted’ American border crossers who think the pandemic is a ‘farce’. https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/canadians-fed-up-with-unwanted-american-border-crossers-who-think-the-is-a-farce-report/ 7 comments worldnews
- The inside story of how Trump’s denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic’s dark winter https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-inside-story-of-how-trumps-denial-mismanagement-and-magical-thinking-led-to-the-pandemics-dark-winter/ 18 comments politics
- The inside story of how Trump's denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic's dark winter https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/trump-covid-pandemic-dark-winter/ 3 comments indepthstories
- The Pandemic Forced Joe Biden to Think Bigger. Meet the Economists Who Got Him There. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/joe-biden-economy-jared-bernstein-ben-harris-heather-boushey/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=naytev&utm_medium=social 3 comments politics
- Bill Gates thinks the COVID-19 pandemic won't be over until the end of 2021, even for the world's richest countries https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-thinks-pandemic-could-over-at-the-end-of-2021-2020-8 3302 comments worldnews
- The GOP Thinks America’s Children Are the Pandemic’s Guinea Pigs https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/07/14/the-gop-thinks-americas-children-are-the-pandemics-guinea-pigs/ 73 comments politics
- George Soros: ‘I do not think anybody knows how capitalism will evolve’ amid the coronavirus pandemic https://www.marketwatch.com/story/george-soros-i-do-not-think-anybody-knows-how-capitalism-will-evolve-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-05-11?mod=home-page 12 comments politics
- Think This Pandemic Is Bad? We Have Another Crisis Coming https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/climate-change-covid-economy.html?action=click&module=opinion&pgtype=homepage 11 comments politics
- 74% of Tennessee Republicans think the 'pandemic is over' compared to 14% of Democrats https://fox17.com/news/local/tennesseans-divided-on-social-cultural-issues-but-united-as-americans-vanderbilt-university-poll-nashville-2020-election-stolen-vaccination-pandemic 86 comments politics
- ‘We think there is a miracle around the corner’: Pence responds to Biden’s criticism over coronavirus pandemic https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-pence-biden-covid-cure-vaccine-trump-2020-election-a9682256.html 115 comments politics
- Do you think AMC Theatres can survive the pandemic without going bankrupt? https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/gzxecn/do_you_think_amc_theatres_can_survive_the/ 38 comments investing
- Big Tech thought the pandemic wouldn’t be political. Think again. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/27/21270280/facebook-twitter-youtube-coronavirus-pandemic-misinformation-political-controversy-face-masks 10 comments politics
- Workers are in short supply three years into the pandemic job market rebound, and officials increasingly think they aren’t coming back. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/business/economy/labor-shortage-retirees-boomers.html 77 comments economy
- Should the rich pay for the pandemic? Argentina thinks so. Other countries are taking a look. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronarvirus-argentina-wealth-tax/2021/02/19/96fd1ec4-711b-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html 4 comments worldnews
- You Think Things Couldn’t Get Any Worse With the Pandemic? Think again. The past two weeks have been nothing short of a clusterfuck in Washington. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-plasma-herd-immunity/ 115 comments politics
- Most Americans think the US has handled the coronavirus pandemic badly, according to an international poll rating Trump and Johnson's response worst https://www.businessinsider.com/poll-us-uk-trump-coronavirus-response-worst-poll-advanced-economies-2020-8?ocid=uxbndlbing 39 comments politics
- Trump says he thinks some Americans are wearing masks to show they disapprove of him and not as a preventive measure during the pandemic https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-americans-wearing-masks-show-disapproval-not-as-preventive-measure-2020-6 12 comments politics
- Can a pandemic shake the faith of Trump's followers? Don't count on it - Republican voters still think Trump's done a great job and there's nothing to worry about. When will they break? https://www.salon.com/2020/03/16/can-a-pandemic-shake-the-faith-of-trumps-followers-dont-count-on-it/ 113 comments politics
- Bill Gates thinks a coming pandemic disease could kill 30 million people within 6 months - and says we should prepare for it as we do for war http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-warns-the-next-pandemic-disease-is-coming-2018-4 54 comments worldnews
- Trump’s “Greatest Recovery in History” Is Wheezing Out | The president’s magical economic thinking is no match for the stark realities of the pandemic he never attempted to address. https://newrepublic.com/article/159584/trump-october-jobs-report-coronavirus 16 comments politics
- Almost half of Brazilians think President Jair Bolsonaro bears “no responsibility at all” for the country’s more than 100,000 dead from the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s second highest death toll, according to a new Datafolha poll. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-brazil/nearly-half-of-brazilians-say-bolsonaro-not-to-blame-for-coronavirus-death-toll-poll-says-idukkcn25b0xy?il=0 521 comments worldnews
- Chris Cuomo Predicts How History Will Remember Trump’s Handling Of The Pandemic : The CNN host thinks the president’s response to the coronavirus crisis will be defined by one critical word. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-cuomo-donald-trump-coronavirus-history_n_5ec4f209c5b633d0c642867f 24 comments politics
- [HotlineJosh]Manfred also said the expanded, 16-team postseason is likely to remain beyond 2020, adding that “an overwhelming majority” of owners had already endorsed the concept before the pandemic. “I think there’s a lot to commend it,” he said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/09/15/mlb-postseason-bubble-plans/ 367 comments baseball
- Mick Foley: "[Mental illness] is one of the subjects that doesn’t really need to hide in the shadows anymore. So, I think the pandemic opened up a lot of peoples’ eyes about what it is like to struggle." https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/10/mick-foley-discusses-daphnes-passing-how-he-intends-to-help/ 25 comments squaredcircle
- Why is the stock market soaring amid a pandemic? Because Trump thinks that may save him | With most of the country in full-on pandemic meltdown, Trump is sacrificing lives to Wall Street. It won't work https://www.salon.com/2020/07/14/why-is-the-stock-market-soaring-amid-a-pandemic-because-trump-thinks-that-may-save-him/ 231 comments politics
- Republicans, Who Do You Think Is Bailing Out Your State? State and local costs of dealing with the pandemic are skyrocketing as revenues plunge. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/opinion/coronavirus-state-budgets.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_200428&instance_id=17994&nl=todaysheadlines&regi_id=68337520&segment_id=26110&user_id=b6e55f6f6979146395b2946f4fb0e01e 5 comments politics
- Trump and the astroturf protests: An ugly, cynical new strategy to divide America. Stoking divisions and driving a new explosion in the pandemic: Republicans think they can win through sheer chaos https://www.salon.com/2020/04/20/trump-and-the-astroturf-protests-an-ugly-cynical-new-strategy-to-divide-america/ 3 comments politics
- Trump and the astroturf protests: An ugly, cynical new strategy to divide America | Stoking divisions and driving a new explosion in the pandemic: Republicans think they can win through sheer chaos https://www.salon.com/2020/04/20/trump-and-the-astroturf-protests-an-ugly-cynical-new-strategy-to-divide-america/ 239 comments politics
- It’s laughable when Trump says the Republicans are the party of the working class. I don’t think he has associated with people below his perceived status in a meaningful way. Let’s not forget the pandemic. https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/in-greensburg-area-visit-trump-tries-to-pull-oz-across-the-finish-line-and-help-advance-his-takeover-of-the-gop/ 16 comments politics
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asked if people ever sought testing to see if they were sick before the coronavirus pandemic: 'Think about it' https://www.businessinsider.com/desantis-asked-if-people-got-tested-for-illness-before-covid-19-2022-1 715 comments politics
- [Laskaris] Didn’t see it elsewhere but I thought John Tavares’ vaccine answer was.. weird. Started off praising the league for their protocols, etc. Then went: “I think you can make an argument on both sides… that’s what the pandemic’s really all been about.” https://twitter.com/adam_la2karis/status/1440748465261137925?s=19 259 comments hockey
- The White House Thinks Coronavirus Is Gone. It’s Sadly Mistaken | Trump and his administration have put the pandemic behind them—even as states see new spikes after easing social distancing restrictions. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/the-white-house-thinks-coronavirus-is-gone-sadly-mistaken 18 comments politics
- Think zombie outbreaks are scary? An antigenic shift of the influenza virus would leave everyone susceptible, spread uncontrollably, quickly become a pandemic, and kill between 50 and 80 million people. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/piis0140-6736(06)69895-4/fulltext 3 comments reddit.com
- Big Pharma Quietly Planning Price Hike for Covid Vaccines in 'Near Future': Report | "As this shifts from pandemic to endemic, we think there's an opportunity here for us," said Pfizer's Chief Financial Officer Frank D'Amelio. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/19/big-pharma-quietly-planning-price-hike-covid-vaccines-near-future-report 12 comments politics
- [Riddick] Rookie. Undrafted. 2k singing bonus. Pandemic. And you think it’s smart to try and sneak a woman into the team hotel wearing team issued gear in training camp and jeopardize your career and maybe the health of yourself and your teammates. Peak 2020. Congrats. https://twitter.com/lriddickespn/status/1294002716184911872?s=21 400 comments nfl