COVID-19

Let’s begin with a few facts, extrapolating as necessary. According to the CDC’s statistics on deaths in the United States, seasonal flu is an equal opportunity killer.

Like democracy, everybody wants to be on the side of science.

When I saw the headline about a flight packed with terrified passengers I didn't even need to read much further to find out which airline was the culprit.

Background knowledge

As we move towards reducing social distancing, the leading metric is the rate of new infections, hospitalization, and deaths that follow infection are lagging indicators.

The world got a taste, albeit, a premature taste, of some bad news this afternoon.

I'm continually struck by what our species is capable of.

Gilead Science is the Tom Brady of the antiviral research world. No other company even comes close.

Should politicians make major, society-altering decisions based on polls? Framed that way, most people would probably answer "no." A politician's job is to be a leader, and sticking one's finger in the wind is not anyone's idea of leadership.

To begin with, the EPA rule in question is about ambient air quality standards, not emissions, even though the latter is responsible for the former.