The world’s largest supercomputer has found 77 of them.
That’s fast, but faster, please.
Category Archives: Health
The CDC And FDA
How they wrecked the economy.
They both are overdue for a thorough overhaul, to the degree that they should even exist.
Blaming Europe
“That’s what Xi said.”
Takeout/Delivery
I’ve never worried about the food itself; my concern is the packaging. As it says, take the food out of it, dispose, and wash your hands. It’s also good that the drive-through cashiers are holding out the machine for you to insert your card in, rather than taking it from you and handing it back.
The Pope
…says that the virus is nature’s response to the “climate crisis.”
In related news, the Red Pope is a misanthropic idiot.
John Prine
Why Obama Would Have Botched This
I’m surprised there are only six reasons.
[Update a couple minutes later]
They didn’t even include this one.
Testing Efficiency
This is the way to do it.
As the thread points out, you could just do one test per household, on the assumption that if one is infected, all are or will be. Hope the CDC/White House are aware of this thinking, because it makes a hell of a lot of sense to accelerate our knowledge of the scope.
[Early-afternoon update]
Turns out there’s a rapid-test device already available in hospitals.
The Copperhead Media
A history lesson relevant to the current crisis.
The Biased Media
The Manchurian media wants you to forget their own terrible coverage.