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CDC needs to admit its Covid-19 mistakes

  The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced it will overhaul itself in response to pandemic mistakes. The first thing the CDC should do is to clarify what those mistakes were. While many experts think those mistakes are obvious, half of the public assumes the mistakes involved too many, overly strict rules that were kept in place too long, and ...

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Putin offers Russia a Potemkin future

  Vladimir Putin is certain he will win in Ukraine, because he must. He has left himself no other options, having started a war that’s been portrayed as a fight for Russia’s very survival, one that has redefined national identity and to which he has tied the fortunes of his regime. It’s an existential fight. That may be why he ...

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Lockdowns long over, Americans still hooked on online groceries

  Bloomberg Online grocery shopping looks like it will be one of the few pandemic behaviours that really does stick. The arrival of Covid-19 disrupted lifestyles, and prognosticators weighed in on the long-term changes that would bring. Now, even as Americans list their Peloton bikes on Craigslist, cancel their Netflix accounts and slow down their home-remodeling plans, they refuse to ...

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