The problem with it isn’t what you can see, but what you can’t.
[Update a while later]
Six movies about pandemics to watch (or avoid) if you’re stuck at home (from Lileks).
Category Archives: Health
The 1918 Flu Epidemic
An interesting comparison and the value of social distancing.
The West Is One Crisis Away
A Coronavirus Tipping Point
It’s not a problem until it gets to the lungs.
That probably means that the highest risk is to people whose lungs are already compromised, from smoking, or asthma, or other things. That might also explain why there have been no reported instances of it killing kids.
[Update a few minutes later]
What are the chances of someone in your company getting it?
Drink Up
Regular consumption of hard liquor may provide protection against the coronavirus.
It would be ironic if drinking Corona itself did so.
The Epidemic In Waiting
How it erupted in China.
Plant-Based “Food”
…is destroying the planet. But, hey, at least it’s terrible for you, nutritionally.
Plastic
I suspect that reusing bags is causing a lot more health issues than people realize.
Nutritional Mythology
No, there is no scientific reason to think that plant-based diets are healthier than meat-based ones, or healthy at all.
The Transhuman Party
Huh.
This is the first time I’d heard of this guy.