SARS-CoV-2

The latest news on coronavirus has been mixed.

What a letdown.

For social and economic reasons, the lockdown simply cannot last much longer. As the country begins to reopen, there will be several major unanswered questions, perhaps the biggest of which is, "Will there be a second wave of COVID-19?"

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

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

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.

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.

Stat News just broke a story that has been picked up by the wider press and has generated quite a bit of

By Marta Gaglia, Tufts University and

# From The Latest Hydroxychloroquine Data, As of April 11.