Energy Week: The Verdict
An Act of God has delayed our announcement of the winner
From Claire—We know everyone’s waiting on tenterhooks for the verdict on our Energy Week debate. Unfortunately, just as India confirmed its highest-ever death toll from the pandemic, Cyclone Tauktae barreled into Mumbai. It’s been 70 years since the last time a cyclonic storm of such ferocity has come so close to Mumbai. The damage has been extensive. Vivek sent me this photo of his car this morning:
India has had a dreadful month. Vivek has lost friends and family in the pandemic. Vaccinations are still out of reach. He and his family can’t even get their first doses. They’ve been given appointments only to receive messages, later, that the appointments have been cancelled. So we’re going to give him a few days to deal with the damage before pressing him to adjudicate.
Please continue to enjoy the debate, and we’ll announce the winner on Saturday.
Coming up next, we have an essay for you by Akshaya Elizabeth Jose about the pandemic and vaccine diplomacy, an update from Israel by Gabi Mitchell, and an essay I’m working on now about the search for the origins of the pandemic and the risks of gain-of-function research. My father and I are also working on another interview; we’ll be discussing, among other things, how best to understand the coup threat and warnings of a civil war in France.
We apologize for the delay. The Cosmopolitan Globalists ask for just a bit more your patience as we mop up, or emerge from our bomb shelters, dust ourselves off, and get back to work.