Some thoughts from Tyler Cowen.
We really need to get a better understanding of how our genetics interact with the disease.
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The benefits of pooled testing.
I don’t understand why they haven’t been doing this. Other than, of course, continued incompetence at the CDC.
It’s nice to see more published recognition of this, but it’s only news to people who haven’t been paying attention.
How many people did the media’s anti-Trump hysteria kill?
Who is ready to go back to them?
The notion of wearing a mask in a restaurant is absurd. You can’t eat with a mask on. This is another area in which the pandemic hasn’t affected me much, because I’ve never liked going out to eat at restaurants, other than for social reasons. It’s both expensive and unhealthy to pay someone else to cook for you, and I don’t like having people serve me.
In the face of both the pandemic and the lawlessness, Bob Zimmerman isn’t happy with either the party or Trump.
Thoughts on the triumph of the country mouse.
55% of people think he’s in the early stages of it. I disagree. There’s nothing “early” about it. Of course, it’s not like he was ever that bright to begin with.
Researchers have figured out how to induce it in mice, and it may work for humans as well.
It has obvious implications for space travel, but I wouldn’t have minded sleeping through the past five months, myself.
Yes, we should be doing challenge trials, and let adults decide what they want to do with their bodies. As I noted in the book, how many potential lives might have been saved by being willing to risk ISS crew for medical research?
You know you’re in trouble when the Guardian notices.
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Politicizing science: Bob Zimmerman is not impressed.
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