Long Covid may be caused by microclots. Medicine to dissolve them may help some patients.

Chevron, ExxonMobil, Merck, Pfizer, FedEx and UPS are donating to coup-supporting Republicans in Congress. Other companies and trade organizations, too.

Biden is moving to provide federal subsidies to independent meat-processing companies. This is to reduce the power of the big four companies.

I agree with that goal, but this method is the expensive way, because it is based on exerting the influence of added government spending. It would be more efficient to break up the big four companies, or pressure them with taxes.

Meanwhile, reducing the retail price of meat would have a harmful effect: encouraging more production of meat — bad for people who eat too much meat, and bad for the climate. It would be better to add a tax, so that the reduction in big four income goes into things that are better for society.

*From Sore-Losers to Violent Terrorists?* Republicans now place Americans in physical danger by threatening to kill rather than accept they lost.

Mayor Adams of NYC implored banks to make their staff work in their offices, and risk infection, so that they will pay for services like transport, food, and more.

The wise thing to do is what the UK did a year ago: give companies money to pay the salaries of workers whose work was temporarily not necessary. This saves the workers and the employers from financial disaster without making anyone take unnecessary medical risks.