Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 30 September, 2021
It is no great surprise that we have the highest number of Covid cases and deaths in the world, because we’re one of the largest countries in the world. But, after adjusting for population …
It is no great surprise that we have the highest number of Covid cases and deaths in the world, because we’re one of the largest countries in the world. But, after adjusting for population …
An article came out this week with the headline “A daily pill to treat Covid could be just months away, scientists say“. The article was very “formulistic” in terms of written to a very standard …
Here’s an interesting article, by a physician, that tries to explain why so many doctors accept and repeat the “conventional wisdom” of CDC/FDA statements and guidelines – even if they know them to be nonsense. …
I was at a restaurant last Saturday. I was struck by the ridiculousness of their mask wearing requirement. We all had to have masks on when entering the building. But as soon as we were …
Today’s diary opens with a picture of the National Mall in Washington DC, with over 670,000 flags planted; one per Covid death in this country. Actually, as of the end of today, we are now …
A reader pointed out that two significant groups exempted from President Biden’s vaccine mandate are members of Congress and their staff, and the federal court system. It is possible/probable that Biden lacks the authority …
President Biden got tough on requiring people to be vaccinated last week. Or did he? Sure, I understand, vaguely, the complexity of issues surround states’ rights and what the federal government can and can not …
President Biden gave a national address this evening. The most interesting point, for me, was his announcement that the government will work to increase the supply of virus tests, and the White House has reached …
The genteel, polite, and scientific/medical advocacy for hydroxychloroquine was caught off-guard by the vicious push-back against it, and never really recovered, allowing the popular narrative to become that HCQ is dangerous/deadly and ineffective. That is …
I’ll be discussing more about the EU’s Monday decision about US travel in the Friday morning roundup. For now I’ll to observe that while the EU largely continues to allow us to visit them, …