Polls indicate that Americans are very poorly informed about COVID facts. That doesn’t surprise me, and I don’t think it should surprise anyone. A lot of people have trouble with complex scientific information, especially if there’s math involved. It doesn’t … Continue reading →
Quietly, quietly: This past week Minnesota became the second state to reject regulations that effectively ban the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine for use by COVID-19 patients. The decision, which comes two weeks after the Ohio Board of Pharmacy reversed an effective … Continue reading →
Here’s a comprehensive article on the subject. I think it’s especially good in its critique of the claim that randomized control trials are the best and only valid standard for medical research, particularly with a disease such as COVID. An … Continue reading →
Outside. Yes, he’s proposing mandatory mask-wearing outside. The story: “Every single American should be wearing a mask when they’re outside for the next three months, at a minimum. Every governor should mandate — every governor should mandate mandatory mask wearing,” … Continue reading →
This is typical: According to [Dr. Bhattacharya’s] assessment, a vaccine is an open-ended question. None of the other coronaviruses that infect humans have one and there is no guarantee this one will. Technically true but also somewhat misleading. Because COVID … Continue reading →
Here’s another convincing defense of the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of early COVID. It’s also an indictment of those who’ve been saying the opposite: To a media unrelentingly hostile to Donald Trump, this meant that the president could … Continue reading →
A study says they are experiencing more cognitive decline than previous generations. I can well imagine that it’s true. I think earlier generations were tougher, and the weak were winnowed out earlier. Plus, who knows what all that Boomer turning … Continue reading →
Dr. Simone Gold, a long-time and previously-respected emergency room physician, has been fired for expressing the non-approved view of the drug hydroxychloroquine: Dr. Simone, 54, graduated from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine Science, The Chicago Medical School in 1989. She … Continue reading →
Yes, Father Damien: “Even when we select figures to tell the stories of colonized places, it is the colonizers and settlers whose stories are told – and virtually no one else. Check out Hawaii’s statues,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “It’s not Queen … Continue reading →
Why not full hazmat suits? Wouldn’t that protect us even more?: During a live chat with the American Federation of Teachers Tuesday night, Fauci said “eyes are also vulnerable, so if you can have goggles of some sort that can … Continue reading →
More sad news: Herman Cain — the maverick American business czar and Republican presidential candidate who campaigned for a sweeping tax reform plan called 9-9-9 — died Thursday morning after a monthlong battle with the coronavirus. He was 74. Cain, … Continue reading →
Brazil’s Bolonaro lives to fight another day – having recovered from COVID. And to make matters even more tragic for the left, the Brazilian president does a Trumpish thing: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Saturday he has tested negative … Continue reading →