Excess deaths from disease in school-aged children have been elevated since May of 2022 and show no sign of diminishing Note that the number of monthly COVID deaths (yellow line) plus expected deaths (white line) does not reach the black line (actual deaths)

Monthly deaths from disease in school-aged children (5-17yo) Prior to the pandemic, deaths from disease in children were extremely seasonal -- peaking around Jan/Feb of every year COVID changed that pattern dramatically

If the German people had reacted like this to the Nazi stormtroopers when they went around disappearing people who were enemies of the Regime The whole world would have been spared the horrors of WW II

COVID vs. Influenza report In May 2025: 180 people died from their influenza infections 643 people died from their SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) infections (4x influenza)

COOL!

It’s been around since 1983.

@wendyorent.bsky.social minor tidbit about "masks harming kids," but Zweig is likely citing a myth propagated by WaPo's Leana Wen, who insisted masks impeded speech development in kids, even though that mostly happens in the home. Wrote about it here: www.panaccindex.info/p/profile-le...

Given HHS has decided to stop recommending SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations in children but continue recommending Influenza vaccinations... ...I submit: Total deaths due to three infectious pathogens in children, 2020-present: COVID: 2,046 Influenza: 875 RSV: 190

The most transparent, pro free-speech administration in history would like you to know that US universities can do necessary research work for the country, raising our standard of living... ...so long as they don't say anything that the tyrant dislikes

Absolutely incredible The arguments in favor of NOT vaccinating children against SARS-CoV-2 are: 1. Children have long immune memories. So no more annual flu vaccine for kids? 2. Children are repeatedly & serially infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Each infection is actually a vaccination

ALL IT TOOK TO GET HUMANS TO DISMANTLE PUBLIC HEALTH FOREVER, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR OWN FUTURE SPAWN, WAS MAKING THEM GET GIVE UP HAPPY HOUR FOR TWO WEEKS BACK IN SPRING 2020.

"Covid [vaccination] no longer recommended for healthy kids and pregnant women" 1. SARS-CoV-2 is the leading cause of death from infectious disease in children 2. Pregnant women have impaired immune function and are one of the highest-risk groups for SARS-CoV-2 infection This is just evil

Young people (those under 45 years of age) are continuing to die of SARS-CoV-2 infections ("COVID") at a very high rate Yet the increase in mortality among the young gets virtually no notice in the media Why is that?

Weekly COVID vs. Influenza report SARS-CoV-2 infection has again pulled away from flu as the leading cause of significant ongoing mortality In May of 2025: 732 died of the flu 1,475 died of COVID (two times (2x) the rate of flu) April of 2025: COVID has killed four times (4x) more than flu

What people are missing here is not that college students cheat on exams (they always have) But that it's apparently trivial to write examinations that AI can't pass Think about that

Weekly influenza vs. COVID report In April 2025 (last month), COVID killed more than twice as many people as influenza For three months flu bested COVID but, like the turtle and the hare, COVID wins in the end This ends the flu's brief but attention-grabbing bid to outdo COVID Image

Thanks, DOGE!

The same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to *protect people* in a pandemic eagerly wear one to *kidnap people* in Gestapo cosplay.

Weekly COVID vs. Influenza report Jan/Feb/Mar each saw more deaths from influenza than COVID -- a first However, April gets us back to an old familiar pattern with COVID once again causing at least twice as many deaths per month as influenza (1,134 COVID deaths/584 Flu deaths)

US pilots are legally required to obtain a weather briefing prior to flight (see: FAR 91.103) The government has announced it will stop providing weather forecasts This will impact aviation Will the law be revised to eliminate the requirement to check weather?

Just like Jay Bhattacharya wanted unvaccinated kids to die of COVID-19, he now wants kids to die of everything else as well

Excess deaths from disease among school-aged (5-17) children remain highly elevated In every year since 2022, deaths from disease in school-aged children have been running 13% higher than they were pre-pandemic 13% increase translates into roughly 500 extra deaths per year

COVID vs. Influenza weekly report Monthly deaths from influenza exceeded those from COVID in January/February/March of 2025 -- the first time that monthly deaths from influenza exceeded COVID Unfortunately April 2025 saw a return to the old pattern with monthly COVID deaths now again exceeding flu

"his trip to Greenland was a fucktacular disaster. he ended up confined to a US military base, because no Greenlander wanted him near their furniture. but here's how you know JD done really shit the bed: even the Pope wants no part of him." Brutal www.jefftiedrich.com/p/pope-snubs...

We really should be thinking of this in terms of state violence and theft.

Trumpnomics vs. the Great Depression -- which caused more damage? Trumpnomics is lagging the Great Depression but building downward momentum Plenty of time to catch up

Today Trump re-iterated his intention to use foreign torture prisons to incarcerate American citizens The attorneys general of every Democrat-controlled state to issue arrest warrants for every ICE agents involved in an illegal deportation Flex your sovereignty, states!

Weekly flu vs. influenza report Highlights: This is the first "flu" season since the pandemic began in which deaths from influenza exceed deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infections In fact, 2024/2025 will go down as the deadliest influenza season in at least twenty five years

Race to the bottom! The Depression Dow has opened a large gap in the race to the bottom If your $500K portfolio today had followed the trajectory of the Dow in the Great Depression, you would have $328K - a loss of $172K But because Trump caved, your loss today is only $53K FOR NOW

Friday Excess Death Report As of this week, excess deaths from disease in school-aged children were 13% above normal This equates to roughly 500-1,000 MORE children dying every month of disease in the USA that were dying before the pandemic

Day one of our RACE TO THE BOTTOM sweepstakes is over Today the Dow fell from 41,000 to 39,593 and our portfolio lost $5K The Dow is off to a slow start now, compared to how it went during the Depression But there is still time to catch up! See you tomorrow!

Hey, guys, great new wagering opportunity for a side-hustle so necessary in this gig economy! Place your bets. Which will hit bottom first -- the current market downturn or the downturn during the Great Depression? I'll update this every day! To the winners go the spoils!

Serious question: Why is the price of an iPhone today, on the Apple Store, identical to what it was yesterday? If there is a 104% tariff now, shouldn't the price have gone up by 104%? (i.e. doubled?)

Officially the Great Depression lasted for ten years. But even at the official end of the Depression, the stock market had not recovered to its pre-depression highs It's likely that we are entering another similar depression If this one plays out like the last one, what can we expect?

So much for the Tenth Amendment www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

WHAT THE GREAT DEPRESSION LOOKS LIKE TO A RETIRING BOOMER IN 2025 If the stock market values from 1929-34 were fast-forwarded to today and normalized, this is what we might expect A high of 45,074 on March 28th Let's say you had a $500K portfolio then

The last time that manufacturing employment in the United States grew under a Republican president was when Nixon was in office Since then every Republican presidency resulted in a net loss of manufacturing employment & every Democratic president resulted in a net gain of manufacturing employment

If Democrats didn't care about people having manufacturing jobs then why are Democrats so good at creating manufacturing jobs and why are Republicans so bad at it?

Manufacturing job gains or losses by presidential term Since 1960 Democratic administrations have added over five million manufacturing jobs to the US Since 1960 Republicans have destroyed seven million manufacturing jobs and they are now trying to destroy millions more jobs

Oil is bought/sold on commodities markets Most buyers do not buy oil & then take immediate delivery Instead they buy "futures" -- they commit to buying oil IN THE FUTURE at a given price The worldwide price of oil is a direct indication of global economic activity IOW this is bad for the future:

Couple charts I put together to help me put things in perspective. I hope they are helpful to you This first chart is the total number of people employed in manufacturing since 1939 Since it is absolute we would expect that it would rise as the population increases Which it does, until 1979

How we got where we are The Main Street of downtown Muskegon, Michigan looked like this in 1959 (view from Second Street and Western Avenue northeastward) In 1960 Muskegon was a major US manufacturing city, dominated by the enormous Continental Motors and a constellation of its suppliers

Remarkable!

Here's a handy chart you can use anytime you run into someone who wants to make the ridiculous claim that vaccines are harmful or don't work Actual deaths perfectly match expected deaths plus reported deaths from COVID That's what the black line matching the yellow line means

Lovely evening for a great book event featuring Cory Doctorow here in Bloomington, IN!

The GOP COVID Committee report is wild. The virus is a Chinese bioweapon designed by Fauci ... and it was so mild that the US should have taken zero precautions ... and Democratic governors didn't take enough precautions ... and we should have let everyone get it. oversight.house.gov/release/fina...

Over the past five years, two thousand more children have died from disease than expected (according to pre-pandemic mortality rates in children) That equates to four hundred more children dying every year now than before the pandemic

Says the guy who spent millions to elect a judge that will soon be the deciding vote on a case involving Tesla’s ability to sell cars in the state.

We’re literally watching overpaid techbros who have spent their sad little lives making online shopping software marginally worse openly, viciously lash out against people who have literally devoted their lives to helping others via humanitarian aid and government. The implications are obvious.