Covid-19 Diary : Saturday 30 May, 2020
A power cut at lunchtime lasted 12 hours (originally promised to be only two hours) and so I was unable to send out a normal diary entry for Saturday. Although there have been some …
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Covid-19 Diary : Friday 29 May, 2020
Have you noticed the latest buzzword that is being used everywhere? “Epicenter” (or, for our very good friends elsewhere, “epicentre”). Originally used to refer to the point on the earth’s surface vertically above the …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 28 May, 2020
Yesterday’s new version of the “facts and figures” table showed some opportunities for improvement. I’ve reformatted it for today, let’s see what it looks like, and we’ll continue to adapt, adopt, and improve as …
Covid-19 Diary : Wednesday 27 May, 2020
It is a lovely day here today. Many people have rushed to claim that the virus will be harmed by good weather. There is however absolutely no data to support that claim, just wishful …
Covid-19 Diary : Tuesday 26 May, 2020
Today saw us cross another milestone (probably not a good term – it implies progress) on the Covid-19 road. The US passed the 100,000 mark for virus-related fatalities this morning. Depending on your world-view, …
Covid-19 Diary : Monday 25 May, 2020
Here’s a good article that summarizes two thoughts I keep coming back to. The first is our response, in the US, to the coronavirus threat is being handicapped by politics and by political correctness. …
Covid-19 Diary : Sunday 24 May, 2020
The stock market was very enthusiastic about the news last week of early positive results with the current vaccine candidate being developed by Moderna. The only thing is, the “news” was a press release …
Covid-19 Diary : Saturday 23 May, 2020
The more detailed results of the controversial remdesivir study have now been published. It seems like a fairly clean and clear analysis. There are no real surprises in it, compared to the earlier summaries. …
Covid-19 Diary : Friday 22 May, 2020
A new hydroxychloroquine study was published in the British journal “The Lancet” today. On the face of it, it appears to be an excellent study. It has a very large number of patients (96,032) …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 21 May, 2020
I started off with an opening commentary on social distancing and the six foot “rule”; but decided it was sufficiently important to have its own article, and you’ve probably now already seen it. So …
Virus Infection Risk : How Close is Too Close? How Far is Safe Enough?
Executive Summary : Six feet is good, more distance is better, and less rapidly becomes much worse. Risk is a factor not just of distance but also of time, and is worse indoors than …
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Covid-19 Diary : Wednesday 20 May, 2020
I’ve commented before on the curious disconnect that has seen the governor of the state that has been worst affected by the virus become perceived as a hero and praised for his role in …
