Is Paxlovid a Dud?

Of all the antiviral drugs for Covid-19, Pfizer’s Paxlovid has been the most successful. Not for its safety and efficacy, but for its ability to earn the company billions in profits despite being largely ineffective for most people.

In November …

A Fauci for Every Farm Animal

Mainline industrial confinement livestock producers routinely feeding subtherapeutic antibiotics to their animals have been desperate for an alternative for many years. As superbugs like cDiff and MRSA developed, consumer backlash against ubiquitous antibiotic use increased.

When consumer advocacy groups pummeled …

Perverse Incentives

I. Introduction

We live in a world awash in perverse incentives.

A perverse incentive is when the rules, structures, or practices of any system reward bad behavior or sociopathic outcomes.

I had to come up with my own definition because …

Kid Lab Rats

“Mommy, can I be a Covid lab rat?”

That is a request most parents will never hear and it is a request that very few parents would ever want to hear.

But, unlike the more typical “Can I have a …