COVID-19

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.

The first discussion of the disease that would later become AIDS appeared in an article in the June 5, 1981 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

For those Americans who become infected with the novel coronavirus, symptoms include loss of smell, coughing, and high fever. For everyone else, the chief symptom is stupidity.

Ozy, a reputable on-line creator and aggregator shares this in a post, Butterfly Effect: who’s more racist?