https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/technology/coronavirus-preppers.html
UNUSUAL RATE OF STROKES AND BLOOD CLOTS IN COVID19 PATIENTS.
I thought this was worth posting sooner than later, since the strokes have been seen in younger, mildly symptomatic COVID19 patients—who would not normally consider themselves at risk for stroke. COVID19 causes sudden strokes in young adults, doctors say - CNN Health Doctors try to untangle why they're seeing 'unprecedented' blood clotting among Covid-19 patients …
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REOPENING THE ECONOMY AND GETTING BACK TO NORMAL
Some thoughtful articles about how to do this right and avoid making our current situation worse. States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn - Washington Post Bill Gates - Here are the innovations we need to reopen the economy - Washington Post The post-pandemic workplace will hardly …
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We’re all eager to “get back to normal” for a number of necessary and compelling reasons. But let’s not push bunk science to get there.
HERD IMMUNITY WON'T SAVE US. All I have to add is this, from Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Yaneer Bar Yam's March 25, 2020 article The UK's coronavirus policy may sound scientific. It isn't. The key point--> "you need 60-70% of the population to be infected and recover to have a shot at herd immunity, and there …
A sobering and entirely predicted number…
BACK IN JANUARY! By every credible disease epidemiologist, health expert and any person on the street with access to basic information about virus transmission, a calculator and no political agenda when it comes to public safety. Coronavirus kills more Americans than the flu kills in one year - National Review. Not Like the Flu, Not …
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Five COVID19 models for the next month have one thing in common—they all rely on our behavior. WE ALONE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE FUTURE.
And far too many are ruining it for the rest of us. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/22/upshot/coronavirus-models.html
An uncertain future for college students…and the entire college system.
CDC says second wave of coronavirus could be worse than first
It's kind of hard to believe, but history (pandemic second waves are real) does suggest this is true, especially when you combine an already deadly INFLUENZA season with this UBER LETHAL coronavirus. CDC DIRECTOR'S INITIAL STATEMENTS REGARDING SECOND WAVE. President Trump wasn't happy to hear this, so he trotted Director Redfield in front of the …
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You might want to rethink that restaurant reservation…unless you can eat through a mask, with the air-conditioning off.
10 OUT OF 91 (83 CUSTOMERS, 8 STAFF) PEOPLE IN RESTAURANT INFECTED IN ONE DAY...LIKELY AT SAME TIME DUE A SINGLE INFECTED CUSTOMER WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO WUHAN, CHINA.
The Live Free AND Die Movement
Watching the news, you'd think there was a massive ground swell of ANTI-LOCKDOWN sentiment out there. Enough to jam the streets and maybe even fill stadiums!NOT REALLY. JUST A FEW HUNDRED AGITATORS STRATEGICALLY SPRINKLED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES—REPRESENTING AN INCONSEQUENTIALLY SMALL MINORITY. What the Protests Are Really About-POLITICAL THEATRE See the "Open the Economy" Protests …