Covid
Husband and wife estate agents hit with lengthy bans after abuse of covid loan – Beragampengetahuan
A married couple who headed up an estate agency in Cornwall have been banned from being company directors after admitting their role in abusing Covid business loans. David Elderkin, 56, overstated the annual turnover of Fowey River Limited by more than £180,000 to secure the £50,000 Bounce Back Loan, which was the maximum amount businesses were entitled […]
More Economic Effects of Our Ongoing Covid Pandemic (with Cognitive Dysfunction and the Labor Market) – Beragampengetahuan
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Previously in this series of round-ups, we looked at Covid and global GDP, as well as GDP in various counties; at the effects of interventions, pharmaceutical and not; and at “belief scarring,” a form of hysteresis. That was January; in February, we looked at labor force participation, as well as […]
Covid Roundup: #CovidIsAirborne, NPIs, Sequelae, Immune Dysregulation, Social Norming, Official Maleficence, Eugenics (and More) – Beragampengetahuan
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I am buffeted by two enormous firehoses of information: the 2024 election, and Covid. While I do try to present the most important Covid information, there’s so much of it just now that important material gets left on the cutting room floor. So think of this post as […]
Covid Showed Us Who Really Rules America – Beragampengetahuan
This month marks the fourth anniversary of one of the most disastrous assaults on human rights in American history. It was on March 16, 2020 that the President Trump issued “guidelines” for “15 days to slow the spread” which stated that “Governors of states with evidence of community transmission should close schools in affected and surrounding areas.” […]
Beyond the Headlines: How COVID Impacted Commercial Real Estate – Beragampengetahuan
To say that COVID landed a global gut-punch, scoring a direct bullseye felt in every corner, is a huge understatement. While some commercial real industry sectors were beneficiaries of this phenomenon (think logistics and cold storage), some continue to reel from the pandemic’s wrath. And in that process, underwriting has undergone changes as well. In […]
Calculated Risk: Dec 1st COVID Update: Deaths and Hospitalizations Increased – Beragampengetahuan
by Calculated Risk on 12/01/2023 07:23:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Due to changes at the CDC, weekly cases are no longer updated. For deaths, I’m currently using 3 weeks ago for “now”, since the most recent two weeks will be revised significantly. Hospitalizations have more almost […]
Calculated Risk: Oct 6th COVID Update: Deaths and Hospitalizations Increased – Beragampengetahuan
by Calculated Risk on 10/06/2023 07:55:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Due to changes at the CDC, weekly cases are no longer updated. For deaths, I’m currently using 3 weeks ago for “now”, since the most recent two weeks will be revised significantly. Recently hospitalizations have tripled […]
Faulty COVID Study Claims Republicans Had 43% Higher Death Rate Due To “Vaccine Hesitancy” – Beragampengetahuan
We have seen numerous false conclusions made by covid studies over the course of the past few years, with the majority of them relying on assumptions rather than scientific data. In the majority of cases, these studies attempt to paint conservatives and unvaccinated individuals as a danger to others or a danger to themselves, with […]
The Latest on Covid, Cognitive Impairment, and Social Cognition (“Theory of Mind”) – Beragampengetahuan
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. It was a slow Saturday night, and an even slower news day, so I thought I’d write up something quick and easy. Naturally, I thought at once of Covid brain damage, since there are some interesting studies that have come out recently. First, I’ll present excerpts from three recent Lancet […]
Ice Cube on Refusing COVID Jab: ‘It Wasn’t Ready’ – Beragampengetahuan
Imagine staring at a $9 million job offer and saying, “thanks, but no thanks.” That’s what rapper/actor/producer Ice Cube did during the COVID-19 pandemic. The star refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine, a prerequisite for starring in a comedy called “Oh Hell No” alongside Jack Black. Hollywood made such decisions mandatory, forcing many to the […]