An railroad engineer tried to ram the hospital ship in LA harbor with the train.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Blue Origin
Is the pandemic going to delay its next test flight?
It seems fairly low risk to me, at least to Texas, given how far out in the boonies it is. The main issue is the risk of flying there, I’d think. Maybe they should do a road trip.
[Update a few minutes later]
Meanwhile, if you want to fly on Starship, SpaceX has released a Users Guide. I’ll have to check it out.
The Gig Economy
The virus has not suspended the laws of economics.
A Vaccine Is Coming
…and it will work.
But not in time to prevent everything that’s happening right now.
Also, a cure is in the works, but again, not soon enough to prevent all the economic destruction.
Faster, please.
[Update a few minutes later]
Did the virus originate in a Chinese lab, and why is it crazy to ask?
I don’t think it is, which is not to say that I (yet) believe it did.
[Update a while later]
Ignoring the rant at the end, I wonder if this is for real?
https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/dr-rowen-ozone-reverses-critically-ill-covid-patients-in-china-and-very-rapidly/
I take it somewhat seriously because Patricia had it done to prepare her for a surgery a few months ago, and it did seem to help. It only costs a hundred bucks or so (she paid out of pocket), but I don’t know how capable we are of ramping it up.
[Update late morning]
How permanent will the changes to the healthcare industry be?
Some of the regulatory relief should certainly remain. I expect to see a lot more telemedicine, which is all to the good.
[Bumped from earlier]
[Afternoon update]
A new flu inhibitor? Unfortunately, while promising, it too won’t help with the current crisis.
Lessons From NYC
Build the equipment needed, not what you think you can invent.
The First CoronaVirus Movie
…is already here, and you’ll never guess what it’s called.
Free-Market Health Care
How would it respond to the virus?
It’s been many decades since there’s been anything resembling a free market in this country’s health care, other than things like Lasik.
[Update a few minutes later]
Speaking of (lack of) free markets, restaurants in Los Angeles are being shut down for selling groceries without a license.
Government seems determined to put business out of business.
The Evil Of HOAs
Humans
The California Herd
Virus thoughts from VDH. I don’t buy the 1-2% number. I think it will ultimately be shown to be much lower than that.
[Update a few minutes later]
More from VDH: Viral Prerequisites and Nationalist Lessons in Time of Plague.
[Update late morning]
Why herd immunity is not a solution, at least not without a vaccine.
I agree on principle, but I continue to believe that the ratio of infections to deaths is much less than one percent.
[Update a few minutes later]
Time for a second opinion.