Jay Bhattacharya

Great essay! "[Lockdowns] were definitely the result of class privilege." Absolutely true.

But @AshleyRindsberg (the author of this great @tabletmag) did not fail. Congratulations on a strong piece, Ashley.

Great book!

Listen to this great analysis by @VPrasadMDMPH of @CDCgov decision-making regarding covid vaccine mandates & recommendations. Pharma-conflicted, often evidence-free, more focused on marketing than science, incredibly destructive...

Also, I highly recommend @davidzweig's new substack, Silent Lunch. Deeply reported content written you can't find elsewhere on the pandemic.

Great piece by @galexybrane on the Calif. law to force doctors to prioritize public health over patients and threaten dissident doctors into silence. The law is now stayed thank to @TracyBethHoeg, @JeninYounesEsq, @LauraPowellEsq, @akheriaty, @AzadehKhatibi, & others. Heroes!

I should have linked to your great book Laura! Let me rectify the error here.

A Le Guin book I haven't read, Mike. Thank you for the suggestion! The Left Hand of Darkness is still one of my favorite books.

The description of how this young, brilliant scholar Ludwig Sinander, solved a hard problem in economic theory is fantastic. (Click through in the quote tweet). From inspiration to years of frustration to breakthrough. A classic tale of scientific triumph. Congratulations!

A good article by @lifebiomedguru thinking through how to solve the problem of regulatory capture, the concentration of power, and the politicization of the health agencies -- none of which performed well in the US during the pandemic.

If you have not heard of @MarkChangizi's book, Expressly Human, last year because of Twitter 1.0's censorship, you are in for a treat. It's an original theory of the importance of human expressions and emotional communication. And how masks harm that. I highly recommend it.

It's a must read to understand the pandemic era craziness.