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.
Hilary Teachout
My deepest condolences to Terry on his devastating loss.
Big Pimping
We really are living in the Crazy Years. Children are no longer allowed any period of innocence.
Well, This Is Crazy
An railroad engineer tried to ram the hospital ship in LA harbor with the train.