Mary Duenwald

Former Bloomberg Opinion Editor

Mary Duenwald was an editor at Bloomberg Opinion and a member of the editorial board covering health care and the environment.

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Residents Visit A Covid-19 Vaccination Site

Bloomberg Opinion

I Got Vaccinated, Then I Got Covid. What Happened?

As good as even the most effective shots are, they can’t promise total immunity. A Bloomberg Opinion editor found that out the hard way.

March 5, 2021

March 5, 2021

OpinionMary Duenwald and Sam Fazeli

I Got Vaccinated, Then I Got Covid. What Happened?

As good as even the most effective shots are, they can’t promise total immunity. A Bloomberg Opinion editor found that out the hard way.

Residents Visit A Covid-19 Vaccination Site

May 3, 2020

May 3, 2020

OpinionMary Duenwald

The Next Frontier of Shopping Will Be Livestreamed

Livestream shopping offers two things consumers need right now: entertainment and a sense of community. Stores, prepare to adapt.

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May 3, 2020

May 3, 2020

OpinionMary Duenwald

Why Shoppers Are Swerving Between Saving and Splurging

Thoughts of death have strange effects on consumer behavior.

Woman at the supermarket, buying paper towels in abundance for lack of toilet paper

March 26, 2020

March 26, 2020

OpinionMary Duenwald

Rural America Isn’t Safe from Covid-19

Rural states may have fewer resources to fight the virus.

Badlands National Park Closed Due To Government Shutdown

March 19, 2020

March 19, 2020

OpinionMary Duenwald

Test Everyone for Coronavirus? We're Not There Yet

Tests should go first to those with the greatest need.

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October 26, 2019

October 26, 2019

The art of finding people lost at sea: Weekend Edition

October 26, 2019

October 26, 2019

OpinionMary Duenwald

The Art of Finding People Lost at Sea: Weekend Edition

Here are Bloomberg Opinion’s top stories this week.

Fishing Partnership Support Services put on a safety and survival training event program for fishermen

May 14, 2018

May 14, 2018

August 22, 2017

August 22, 2017

Dangers of Sitting

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February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015

OpinionMary Duenwald

Our Two-Part Winter

Winters like this one arise from Pacific air patterns that drive cold air to the East and keep the West warm and dry.

Spring will come.

February 23, 2015

February 23, 2015

OpinionMary Duenwald

Wastewater Wells Are Shaking Oklahoma

Some fracking-wastewater wells -- especially those in which great volumes of water reach crystalline basement rock that lies close to a fault -- induce earthquakes that otherwise might not have happened for hundreds of years.

Oklahomans have enough trouble with tornadoes.

June 12, 2014

June 12, 2014

OpinionMary Duenwald

Beware of Big Marijuana

Whether Colorado is able to solve its problem with edibles and other marijuana innovations may depend on how powerful Big Marijuana is allowed to become.

Yep, that's big.

February 3, 2014

February 3, 2014

OpinionMary Duenwald

Want Cheaper Gas? Lift the U.S. Oil Export Ban

The main objection, judging from the Senate hearing on the issue last week, is that unless the U.S. keeps hoarding its oil, Americans will pay more for gasoline, heating oil and jet fuel (via airline ticket prices).

December 22, 2013

December 22, 2013

OpinionMary Duenwald

A Law to Fix Mental-Health Care

December 1, 2013

December 1, 2013

OpinionMary Duenwald

Why It’s OK to Pay Bone-Marrow Donors

November 12, 2013

November 12, 2013

Opinionthe Editors

China Made Decisions About Market Reforms. We Think.

November 10, 2013

November 10, 2013

OpinionMary Duenwald

When Pilgrims Privatized America

June 25, 2013

June 25, 2013

OpinionMary Duenwald

Has Obama Turned Against Keystone?

The first reports about President Obama's climate speech today were all about the one thing not part of his "climate action plan": the Keystone XL pipeline.

June 13, 2013

June 13, 2013

OpinionMary Duenwald

U.S. Oil Booms and Nowhere to Sell It

The use of hydraulic fracturing has been a boon for U.S. crude oil production, though federal law prevents its sale on world markets.

June 7, 2013

June 7, 2013

OpinionMary Duenwald

Lawsuits Aside, U.S. Lung-Donor Policy Works

The judge was wrong to order Kathleen Sebelius to ignore federal policy of lung transplants for children.Â