Favorites July 29th 2022

June 2022, San Diego

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

It seems clear that there's Something Happening Here and movement toward Democrats in recent polls isn't just statistical noise.

fivethirtyeight.comThe Political Environment Might Be Improving For DemocratsAs was the case when we launched the forecast a month ago, the Deluxe version of FiveThirtyEight’s midterm model still rates the battle for control of the Senat…

He suspects it's the Dobbs decision, 538 now gives Democrats a 56% chance to retain the Senate.

Brian Gawalt @bgawalt

"[This] follows the announcement last month that the federal government had secured 105 million doses of a similar vaccine from rival drugmaker Pfizer. Both orders are scheduled for delivery in the fall and winter, assuming regulators sign off on their effectiveness."

Drogon @drogon_dracarys

The Biden admin said Friday it has reached an agreement w Moderna to buy 66 million doses of the next generation of COVID-19 vaccine that targets the highly transmissible omicron variant, enough supply this winter for all who want the upgraded booster https://t.co/TyQUnCBu1e

They're scrapping plans to push people to get a summer booster in favor of these new bivalent ones that they think could be available in September.

Saloni @salonium

Did you know that you can get your children vaccinated against some types of cancers? That's what my newsletter today is all about. I hope you enjoy it, share it & subscribe if you haven't already :)

salonium.substack.com#6: Vaccines against cancersThis week: Cancers you can get vaccinated against, cancers that are infectious, prion diseases that aren’t so rare, and more.

From the article: "13% of all new cancer cases worldwide are caused by pathogens we know can cause cancer"

Threads

• A small note about how the Medicare Drug negotiation part of the IRA bill works.

• Short thread summarizing a recent Economist article about the problems with land values taking up a significant portion of all assets. Land made up 39% of non-financial assets in the UK in 1995, 56% in 2020. One reply was simply Henry George with Laser Eyes, because of course.

Also, I got Dall-e access, here’s my best recreation of the photo at the top of today’s post.