Is it Time for A(nother) Freezer?
We keep reading about increasing problems with meat processing plants – this article reports that over 25% of the pork processing capacity has closed down in just the last couple of weeks, and this article …
We keep reading about increasing problems with meat processing plants – this article reports that over 25% of the pork processing capacity has closed down in just the last couple of weeks, and this article …
I’ve been regularly harping on about vulnerabilities in our food supply chain. These problems are getting worse – for example, this article reports how the nation has now closed over 25% of its pork …
I continue to feel negative today, and realized why I was feeling that way. Not because of the virus itself, and also not because of our totally dysfunctional response to it so far either. …
I’m going to guess that you’re not filling your days quite so wall-to-wall searching out and pondering virus-related articles as I am. At times I fear this is damaging-to-my-mental-health. My biggest frustration is that …
The current sense of unreality that is always in the background came to the front again yesterday evening. I was watching the latest season of Amazon Video’s excellent Bosch series, and whereas normally one …
I was asked, yesterday, why I’m so critical of companies that start temperature-testing their staff and customers. There are two obvious questions – why would this be increasingly common if it isn’t beneficial, and …
By some accounts, Amazon has struggled with virus infections at more than half its warehouses, some of which have even closed for several days to be disinfected. As a result, the company is now …
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Every day is strange at present. But today is slightly more strange than most. It is, believe it or not, the National Bat Appreciation Day. The concept of a Bat Appreciation Day was put …
It has been a frustrating day today. Yesterday was supposed to see a restatement of the IHME virus projections, but that didn’t happen yesterday, and still hasn’t happened today, as of 4pm. Even though …
Today saw the worldwide count of known Covid-19 cases pass through the 2 million mark. Yesterday saw 2,404 deaths in the US – the most on any day so far, and today has already …
I’ve an important opening opinion to share today. The truth of the “debate” about closures and distancing is that, to date, the only people with much of a voice in that debate have been …
A lot of my discussion these last several weeks has centered around the various predictive models used to inform us about the virus and what to expect. And of that discussion, most of my …