Dang.
I was hoping for some good news on at least one front. Well, at least they’re getting practice at building them.
[Late-afternoon update]
Here’s the story from Eric Berger.
This Could Work For California, Too
New York will raise taxes on the coronavirus to encourage it to flee the state.
The FDA’s Death Toll
It’s long past time to track it.
Bureaucracy kills.
[Update a while later]
I should add that, when this is over, we should have a national commission to review all federal regulatory actions and legislation, and see how much of it is still necessary (if it ever was) and how much of it is actively harmful (e.g., plastic-bag bans) with little benefit/cost ratio. At least we never got that nonsense at a federal level. So it would also be useful to examine state-level regs, for info purposes for those states. But unfortunately, contra bulls**t claims from the Democrats about being the “party of science,” this nonsense will likely continue.
The Biden Allegations
The Economist is covering the story, even if US media refuse to.
A Fit Of Sanity
San Francisco (!) has reversed its plastic-bag ban, and instead (finally) banned reusable bags.
Hopefully this won’t be temporary; it was always stupid.
[Update a few minutes later]
Katherine was prescient (as was I).
The Latest From Ilhan Omar
She seems nice.
I wonder what the appeal was to the guy whose marriage she broke up? Is she great in the sack or something?
The Latest Attempts At A Cure
They don’t target the virus; they target the hosts.
Let’s hope it works.
[Update a few minutes later]
And now we have a new vaccine that seems to build antibodies in mice.
As always, faster, please.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Cutting through the fog about the potential cures.
I think that 95% of the media resistance to the idea that hydroxychloraquine would be effective is because Trump said it could be.
[Update a few more minutes later]
More vaccines on the way. Fortunately, as the article points out, this bug is relatively easy to target, more so than the flu. It’s just too bad that we didn’t have a head start on it.
Innovation, Privacy, And Nature
How the pandemic will change our views of them.
Building Moon Bases
…with astronaut pee.
Spain And Italy
…have been abandoned by the EU.
Between this and Brexit, I don’t think the EU will survive.