…it’s “a precautionary measure”: President Donald Trump is being taken to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday “as a precautionary measure” following his coronavirus diagnosis, a senior administration official told NBC News. “Out of an abundance of caution, and at … Continue reading →
As I’ve written before, when I was in college in the late 60s I happened to take a course called Russian Intellectual History. I had always liked Russian lit, I’d been told the prof was good, and the course seemed … Continue reading →
Announcements and documents can be found here. 2020 has been quite a year, hasn’t it? And not over yet. Both President Trump and the First Lady are feeling well so far. Let’s hope and pray it stays that way. And … Continue reading →
I’m going to assume the MSM didn’t show this, except for outlets on the right such as Fox and the NY Post. I certainly couldn’t find any other coverage of it than on the right. So I guess this just … Continue reading →
Unsurprising, really, considering the current political climate: Jennifer Mosher, a biology professor at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, has been placed on administrative leave after appearing to suggest that she hopes Trump supporters contract coronavirus and “die before the … Continue reading →
Well, it could just be poor statistics-taking and reporting. But apparently the death rate has not gone up, either, and a rise in that would be more noticeable. So it seems the low rate of (and/or better prognosis from) COVID … Continue reading →
At least, that’s the official recommendation: Skip kissing and consider wearing a mask when having sex to protect yourself from catching the coronavirus, Canada’s chief medical officer said on Wednesday, adding that going solo remains the lowest risk sexual option … Continue reading →
I’m not sure why this is being treated as news. I wrote about the prevalence of comorbidities in COVID deaths a long time ago (see this, for example, as well as this). Here’s the latest, however: The Centers for Disease … Continue reading →
Only kulaks and worse dine in restaurants, don’t you know? At least, according to Commissar de Blasio: At his daily press briefing, De Blasio was asked why public school students who return to classrooms this fall will eat their lunch … Continue reading →
The fact that it’s highly likely that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose is old news. A lot of us put two and two together quite some time ago – in particular, the levels of fentanyl and other drugs … Continue reading →
People often state that they think it’s especially ridiculous when they see people driving their cars, all alone, and wearing their masks. And on the face of it (ha!) it would indeed seem to be. After all, who’s the driver … Continue reading →
I suppose there are people who feel reassured by this statement of Biden’s: Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” Anchor David Muir on Friday that as president, he would shut the … Continue reading →