The House passes the stimulus bill
By voice vote, as expected.
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Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID-19
It stands to reason that people who have a great deal of contact with the public and staff, as well as dignitaries from other countries, would be at greater risk for contracting the virus. Still, it’s shocking to hear that … Continue reading →
New York City’s boroughs and COVID-19
The explanation for why New York City is being hit so hard is that it has such a dense population as well as a great deal of reliance on public transportation, as well as a lot of international travel. The … Continue reading →
The House will take up the stimulus bill on Friday
Not today. The Senate passed the two trillion dollar stimulus bill late last night on a rare unanimous vote. You may or may not like the idea, but the Senate certainly does. The bill also contains a grab bag of … Continue reading →
The flexible opinions of the left
Ace points out a WaPo WaPo “journalist” named Marc Fisher who decided, in this time of crisis, to give some effort to attacking a guy on Twitter who dared to utter a heresy: Scott McMillan, a 56-year-old lawyer, tweeted that … Continue reading →
COVID-19: models and projections
As a non-scientist non-doctor non-epidemiologist blogger, my present thoughts on COVID-19 are as follows: it will most likely end up taking a worldwide toll something like the 1957 flu, adjusted for increased population of course. Perhaps even more like the … Continue reading →
Today’s heroes
Everybody’s saying it, but I’ll add my voice. These are some of the heroes of this coronavirus crisis (not meant to be a complete list): doctors, nurses, EMTs, grocery store workers, truckers, delivery people, mail carriers. And although we might … Continue reading →
Let’s talk about “exponential growth” once more
All you math people out there, correct me if I’m wrong – as I’m sure you will. Arithmetic or linear growth means that a number increases by addition. Here’s an example in which the number 2 is added to a … Continue reading →
Pondering Pelosi while Pelosi ponders
I can’t read Nancy Pelosi’s mind in the best of times, and this is not the best of times. But her actions lately have been inscrutable, in addition to the usual adjectives we could apply to them. Why is Nancy … Continue reading →
Today’s Bidenwatch
Sad. And scary: Joe Biden: "We have to take care of the cure. That will make the problem worse no matter what — no matter what." WHAT??????????????????? pic.twitter.com/ao2IGDr6x9 — Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 24, 2020 Much more here.
Continue reading →This one may surprise you: Switzerland is not doing well in the COVID-19 pandemic
It surprised me. But when I thought about it for a moment and read this article, it made perfect sense. After all, Switzerland borders on Italy – specifically, northern Italy, the center of the problem in that country. And tourism … Continue reading →
I want to call your attention…
…to a comment thread beginning here, with some observations from a man living in northern Italy. There’s a lot of additional back-and-forth and worthwhile information after that if you scroll down.
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