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.” →

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/24/21234340/laura-ingraham-rudy-giuliani-coronavirus-contact-tracing

He doesn’t understand how the virus works, so he talks about it like it is the same as AIDS, obesity, and heart disease.

And his accomplice, Ms. Ingraham, just goes with it.

Now do you wonder why smart people worry when their friends and family members get their info from Fox News talking heads?

Link to source.

Adds up to $10.3 billion in federal assistance so far, or about 16% of Virginia’s $63.9 billion 2020 budget (Wikepedia).

Link to source.

A bit of interesting history.

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/494034-the-data-are-in-stop-the-panic-and-end-the-total-isolation

A Stanford medical doctor recommends a reconsideration of our public policy approach to containment of Covid-19 based on “five key facts.” Here’s the list. He elaborates on each at the link:

Continue reading “The Hill: The data is in — stop the panic and end the total isolation” →

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/24/coronavirus-latest-news/

Trump apologists, embarrassed yet?

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://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/04/23/dhss-bill-bryan-on-what-kills-the-virus-on-surfaces.html

Amid the usual hoo-rah of today’s daily coronavirus task force briefing is a tidbit of information delivered by DHS’s Bill Bryan that looks like it may be the news of the day. A video clip of Bryan’s comments is at the link.

The substance of it is that the airborne virus survives better in indoor environments that are cool, dry and lack sunlight compared to outdoor environments that are warm, humid, and well lit by direct sunlight. The observation doesn’t amount to a prescription for coronavirus therapy, but it does call into question the stay-at-home, indoors, advice some policy makers have been promoting.

As always, skepticism is appropriate. Still, if you are like me, you might marvel at such a finding that perhaps God has a sense of humor. This would be science that even sun-worshipping pagans could get behind.