If people will just stay home for the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras, and May Day this whole pandemic thing might well be over by 4th of July.
Tag: covid-19
2020-12-27 14:19
Trying to think of something nice to say about 2020, I’m tempted to go with, “For introverts the pluses very nearly outweighed the minuses.” But I realize I’m speaking from a position of great privilege. Deepest sympathies for everyone who lost loved ones, jobs, income, homes, health, or peace of mind.
2020-11-11 05:56
Everybody knows that wearing a mask protects others from your illness, but now (as I’ve suspected right along) there’s good evidence that it protects the mask-wearer as well: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/10/world/covid-19-coronavirus-live-updates/covid-cdc-guidelines-masks
2020-10-25 06:20
Hopeful, except not low-carb: http://sorrowbacon.com/comic/infinite-sadness by @Millie_Ho.
2020-10-25 06:16
This is highly realistic, except for the “people talking on the phone” part: xkcd: Curbside
2020-06-12 16:48
Yes, very sad. However, “limp along with half measures while a lot of people die,” is what I have on my pandemic bingo card. So: Score!
Source: Markets Fall, But Don’t Blame Powell | Tim Duy’s Fed Watch
2020-05-09 12:32
Thought experiment: Imagine the death rate from Covid-19 were about 1/10th what we’re seeing, making it about as deadly as the flu; now imagine it’s about 10x what we’re seeing, making it about as deadly as smallpox. Would we respond differently?
2020-05-05 06:56
“The plan is to have no plan, to let daily deaths between one and three thousand become a normal thing, and then to create massive confusion about who is responsible”
https://pressthink.org/2020/05/the-plan-is-to-have-no-plan/ by @jayrosen_nyu
2020-05-04 12:41
“Carnival says it plans to restart cruises in August.”
Oh, yeah. That’ll work.
2020-04-25 13:04
I’m looking forward to getting an antibody test to see if I’ve seroconverted for the SARS-CoV-2 virus because I think it would be interesting, not because I think it will tell me if I’m immune to the virus. I’m not a moron.