Thoughts from Rod Dreher, but mostly quotes from Andrew Sullivan.
[Update Sunday morning]
Sorry, link fixed now, but the original one is pretty good, too.
Category Archives: Science And Society
Lockdowns Kill
441 people reportedly died of drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2019. In 2020, almost 260 more than that died, which is more than died from covid. Gee, what else happened in 2020 that might have increased the number of drug overdoses?
T Cells
…may tell how long someone infected with covid will be immune.
This would imply that people who are asymptomatic, or have a mild case, would be more susceptible to reinfection.
Delaying Aging
A new genetic therapy, from China, seems promising.
News You Probably Can’t Use
Why do men have to wait for Round 2?
I’d never given it much thought; I just figured it was one more way that women get a better deal, at least when it comes to sex.
Teachers’ Unions
They should be abolished, but fat chance of that in this administration.
Nanoparticle Immunization Technology
…shows promise against a range of coronaviruses.
I wonder if it would provide immunity against colds?
Joe Biden’s Civil-Rights Nominee
You’ll be as shocked as I am to discover that she’s a racist. She also seems to be an idiot.
mRNA
More things to do with it. It’s not just for coronavirus.
I’m pretty sure I predicted months ago that this pandemic was going to give us new tools that would be useful far beyond Covid. Like telework, telemedicine, and telelearning, it’s one of the silver linings.
The Latest In CA’s War On Poor Minorities
Golden State Republicans should be making hay out of this energy insanity. I shudder to think what our heating (and water heating, and laundry, and dishwasher) bills would be if we had to do it with electricity.