https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/24/coronavirus-kegs-are-going-bad-boston-beer-has-a-solution.html

Being a craft beer lover, it brings both tears of admiration for the brewers and sadness for the losses finding out that my car will have more IPA than me.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/25/health/uv-coronavirus-lamps/index.html

I have seen ads for home UV devices that purport to decontaminate. They are not cheap, but apparently ineffective. Except for generating profit. Gotta tap into some of that stimulus money, you know.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/healthy-people-in-their-30s-and-40s-barely-sick-with-covid-19-are-dying-from-strokes/

Apparently there is increasing evidence that COVID19 is more than just a respiratory illness. Blood clots had been detected earlier, but now people are having strokes at a young age. And fast after onset of the illness.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52395866

A decent current update on the one nation that opted for no lockdown.
Continue reading “Sweden’s experiment now faces test…springtime.” →

For those whose access to NYT is limited (I think it is free during crisis), I enclose an interesting paragraph.
Continue reading ““Drop Dead NY”: Chutzpah, thy name is Mitch.” →

https://apnews.com/6c5942eec36cc43b25ad5df5afebcfbd

So who is minding the store?

Continue reading “Drudge publishes report about “small business” loans that defy explanation.” →

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/sweden-says-controversial-covid-19-strategy-is-proving-effective?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews

I don’t think this article is behind a paywall, but just in case here are a few pertinent quotes.
Continue reading “Sweden’s strategy seems to be working, but for reasons we can’t duplicate.” →

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-renowned-infectious-diseases-doctor-learned-when-he-got-covid-n1186451

A good interview with Dr. a Michael Saag, (Tulane graduate BTW Don)who caught COVID and what it was like. His best summation was “horror”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/18/coronavirus-americans-protest-stay-at-home?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

As it turns out, those “grass roots” protests are funded by the usual suspects of hard right wing ideologues with big money.
Continue reading “A president encouraging civil disobedience…now that might be a first.” →

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-data-suggest-the-coronavirus-isnt-as-deadly-as-we-thought-11587155298

New testing by Stanford seems to indicate that infection rates are much higher by multiples possibly driving mortality to .12 to .2%, similar to seasonal flu.
Continue reading “Is COVID 19 more or less deadly than seasonal flu? Depends.” →