One of the many problems with evaluating what’s going on with COVID-19 is that no place on earth is quite like any other place. So one can pick and choose statistics from different areas, depending on what one wishes to … Continue reading →
And ’twas ever thus. One of the many lessons of the COVID-19 response is how easily public officials embrace tyranny, and how many people accept it because of fear. I’m afraid of COVID-19. I’m in a relatively high-risk group, and … Continue reading →
A lot of the COVID-19 coverage posits or implies its uniqueness. And of course, every virus is somewhat unique. Is this one that much more unique than others? It resembles regular seasonal flu in its age distribution of deaths, although … Continue reading →
In case you missed it, I thought you’d like to see the update commenter “Sharon W” posted yesterday: I am waiting for the oxygen delivery as my husband will be discharged as soon as I receive the home instructions and … Continue reading →
It seems counter-intuitive, but it may be that smoking confers some sort of benefit regarding COVID: French researchers want coronavirus patients to wear nicotine patches to study whether it helps prevent or control the disease. Their review of more than … Continue reading →
Reading that title, you might say, “Oh yeah, neo? Get used to it, because it will always happen.” I know, I know. But with this COVID thing, it’s more obvious because nearly everyone is crunching numbers and opining. And that … Continue reading →
…is the percentage of COVID-19 deaths that involve very debilitated people in nursing homes. Some states are releasing those numbers, although even then they tend to not be easily accessible – for example, Minnesota, which Scott Johnson of Powerline writes … Continue reading →
One opinion in the NY Times: The very features that make New York attractive to businesses, workers and tourists — Broadway, the subway system, world-class restaurants, and innumerable cultural institutions — were among the hardest-hit in the pandemic. And they … Continue reading →
That is the question – or at least a question, and a big one – that doctors treating COVID-19 face. Some say the usual protocols for ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) should be followed. Some say no. And some say … Continue reading →
…in Hokkaido. It stands to reason that there would be a second wave. This is especially true if the first one was clamped down so quickly – as in Hokkaido – that few people gained immunity. I trust the figures … Continue reading →
We keep reading that COVID-19 kills mostly the old and infirm. Except, from where I sit, a person doesn’t have to be so very old or infirm to be in those categories. Yes, the disease kills a lot of very … Continue reading →
Some people clearly want draconian forms of social distancing to go on and on and on. Some of them probably say this from fear. Some of them probably say it because of a desire to control people. Some of them … Continue reading →