Thoughts on taking it seriously.
This would have a huge impact on policy.
Category Archives: Science And Society
The Social-Distancing Experiment
…has failed.
This reminds me of the old Soviet joke about the kid in a classroom, asking if Marx was the greatest scientist in history. After being assured by the teacher that that was the case, he asked “Well, why didn’t he try this crap on rats first?”
[Update a while later]
Policy and punditry must adapt to new data.
LGBT What
No, there is no such thing as an LGBT person.
Postmodernism
It’s the latest victim of the plague.
As the old saying goes, it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
Orange County
A judge has refused to overturn Newsom’s capricious order to shut down its beaches.
Ventilators
Why is JPL building them?
On top of the point that they still have to be mass produced, we now have a surplus, and we’re finding out that in many cases we don’t need them (and may have been killing people with them).
[Update a few minutes later]
Related Twitter thread. Pronation seems to be more effective and safer than ventilators.
Bursts Of Exercise
Doing it intermittently throughout the day may be able to undo the damage caused by sitting all day.
From Sedentary To Cross Fit
“How I did it in one day.”
Well, started to do it.
Planet Of The Humans
A review of Michael Moore’s latest.
The New Vaccines
…are being developed using genetic engineering. That will hopefully speed things up.
[Update early afternoon]
More from Nature.