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The data in the Fox article matches the NY Times article. There are faults, though, in that the article states a conclusion which cannot be reached from the data. One generally wouldn't state in such strong language an uncertain conclusion. In this case, the text "have had" is too definite...

Understood. But, at least that much could be articulated, with clear I was just reading this: Mortality rate of COVID-19 patients on ventilators | Physician's Weekly Questions about the efficacy of intensive care for Covid-19 patients. One presumes that hospital care makes a big difference to...

Sweden may be ultimately correct with their strategy: If there is no vaccine or treatment, and the only immunity is natural, then it seems likely that everyone will ultimately be exposed and discover, weal or woe, if they have natural resistance. That would make current strategies effective...

Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, both local markets, are doing that. Only allowing a person in after a person leaves. Very definitely, picking a less busy time is advised, so as to cut down on wait time and on the number of folks inside. A problem that I noted (and which I found extremely...

I have mine with walnuts and pecans, and currants. Or replacing the nuts with pumpkin seeds or slivered almonds to mix things up. I may add honey or salt eventually. I’d like to try dried blueberries but those are expensive. Be safe, be well, Tom Bitonti

Anyone know how effective Is one of these: Would be annoying to wear for very long. The cartidges are labeled “R51A Chemical cartridge for organic vapors”. I got this to wear while pulling out fiberglass insulation from my crawl space. It seemed to be a good way to avoid a lung full of...

Later in that article a virologist is quoted as saying that they would never think to use the drug to treat Covid-19 because of how toxic the drug is at levels which kill the virus. (I tried to cut and paste the paragraph here, but Chicago Tribune does something that break select/copy on an...

Isn't that (or won't that be) cancelled anyways? Edit: Huh, not yet: Gen Con LLC | Updates on Gen Con and COVID-19 Be Safe, Be Well, Tom Bitonti

Eh, I'm tending to think that we are trending down towards Brave New World plus Fahrenheit 451, where media is created to continually overwhelm folks, where infotainment is used to infatuate and un-moor rational though. This is a great read: Which Dystopian Novel Got It Right: Orwell’s ‘1984’...

I’ve found that the more I try art (in my case miniature painting, or selecting frames for art, or wood staining), the more I appreciate art generally. My admiration and respect for exceptional art has increased tremendously. Be Safe, Be Well, Tom Bitonti

I don't remember seeing projections on worldometer. The projections were here: https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america Be Safe, Be Well, Tom Bitonti

Yeah, haircuts were perhaps not the best example. I was given hair cuts at home when I was young, and know at least one set of friends which are cutting their own hair for now. But generally, personal services of this sort will be difficult to provide while maintaining social distancing...

This seems likely. I'll have to think through what I've read to tell which have depicted transitions which aren't completely catastrophic (e.g., Lucifer's Hammer describes a transition, but one which is a total catastrophe). Maybe history is a reasonable guide? Any of a number of...

From: US may have to endure social distancing until 2022 if no vaccine is quickly found, scientists predict "Intermittent distancing may be required into 2022 unless critical care capacity is increased substantially or a treatment or vaccine becomes available," they wrote in their report...

Which, in the US, leads to (1) the brick wall of invasive contact monitoring, plus (2) social distancing for years, plus (3) massive increases in testing. The difficulty with testing being asymptomatic spreaders. (I‘m trying to build a rigorous analytic framework for understanding the likely...

I set the proportion of the population relative to the R0 value: 1/2 for R0 being 2, 2/3 for R0 being 3. I'm aware that there is no evidence of lasting immunity. If there is no lasting immunity, then what? If there is neither lasting immunity, nor an effective treatment, nor a vaccine? How...

Working from a different direction: How long (if ever) until the virus is eradicated outside of laboratories? What proportion of people would need to have resistance to the virus to prevent a new outbreak? My sense this is that the virus will be with us for at least several years, and for a R0...

There are other limitations. For example, continuous, 24 hour surveillance is not allowed without a warrant. There is precedence on this in re police putting a tracker on a suspects car. (Although, this is a limited protection if most public locations perform surveillance.) Be safe, be well...

I am aware. Taking a break for a bit. I have very strong opinions regarding testing in the US. Be safe, be well, Tom Bitonti