I’ve had several conversations about this topic recently. A friend mentions worriedly that COVID is on the rise, and I point out that such a statistic has no real meaning. I mention that it was expected, that it’s partly a … Continue reading →
Things getting heated in #Williamsburg #Brooklyn when local resident furious that lock to park was broken to allow children to play. Thousands protest each day with approval of @NYCMayor, but 100 children can't play in a park. pic.twitter.com/yNMxpZfG75 — NYC … Continue reading →
They are oh-so-serious about contact tracing – except: The supposed army of 1,000+ pandemic contact tracers in New York City will hit a roadblock this week as they assess the risk of disease spread from COVID-19 positive patients. Mayor Bill … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed a smattering of headlines lately in the MSM that seem to be saying that ending the lockdown has produced a spike in cases. I haven’t done more than skim a couple, because spikes in cases are meaningless to … Continue reading →
I guess protestors and rioters are immune to COVID. Or at least, they pose no danger to Grandma. Or even if they do and grandma dies as a result, they’re not really granny-killers since their cause is just. People who … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote about that influential Lancet study that had become suspect. Well, today its authors have retracted it. The statement from the journal can be found here. Excerpt: …[O]ur independent peer reviewers informed us that Surgisphere would not transfer … Continue reading →
It wouldn’t be the first time, either. Once hydroxychloroquine was touted by Trump as a possible tool against COVID, the drug’s days were numbered. Is it any wonder that a major study came out against it, and now there’s growing … Continue reading →
Here’s an article from Time entitled “Up to 80% of COVID-19 Infections Are Asymptomatic, a New Case Report Says.” Sounds as though that’s good news, right? Ah, but Time doesn’t think so: The research shows just how prevalent asymptomatic transmission … Continue reading →
Trump’s got good “hunches.” Apparently, this was one of them: …[B]ack in March, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated a 3.4 percent [case] fatality rate and Dr. Anthony Fauci estimated that the [case] fatality rate of the coronavirus was about … Continue reading →
I like some of Steven Pinker’s work. His book The Better Angels of Our Nature, for example (which I wrote about here) presents a fascinating thesis that is quite persuasive, although it sounds absurd when you first hear it: that … Continue reading →
I think his instincts are correct on this: “People say that’s a very distinct possibility. It’s standard. And we’re going to put out the fires. We’re not going to close the country. We’re going to put out the fires,” Trump … Continue reading →
The MSM has it backwards, of course: A couple of months ago, the media, almost as one, decided that Governor Ron DeSantis was a public menace who was going to get Floridians killed with his lax response to the coronavirus … Continue reading →