Weekly Roundup, February 18, 2022
372 Supporters (unchanged from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning I was looking at used car prices this week, and realized the statistic in a chart part-way down this …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday February 17, 2022
The trucker protests against vaccine mandates continue in Canada, and have been echoed here and in other countries too. I noted an interesting comment – many tens of thousands of truckers are said to …
Covid-19 Diary : Sunday February 13, 2022
One of the side effects of the intense controversies over issues that should be unemotional and factual – ie, things like Covid vaccines and treatments – is what I perceive to be a reluctance …
Weekly Roundup, February 11, 2022
372 Supporters (unchanged from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning Many thanks to the people who kindly responded to my request last week to act as a “brains trust/focus …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday February 10, 2022
“The science has changed”. That’s a statement being expressed way too often at present. That is of course a nonsense statement. Science doesn’t change. Our understanding of science might change, but not the …
Will the Frontier-Spirit Merger Save Passengers Billions, As Claimed?
Every airline merger, ever, has always been accompanied by two extremely dubious claims: (a) The merger will improve passenger experiences, give them more choices, and lower fares (b) No jobs will be lost, no hubs …
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Covid-19 Diary : Sunday February 6, 2022
There’s been growing pressure on Spotify to deplatform Joe Rogan. Ostensibly this is due to his imagined sin of daring to invite two impeccably credentialed experts onto his show to talk about Covid. One …
Weekly Roundup, February 4, 2022
372 Supporters (unchanged from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning I mention in Thursday’s Covid diary entry that the twice-weekly Covid articles are drawing to a close. After two …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday February 3, 2022
This is going to be one of the last Covid diary entries I write, assuming no major new developments or changes in the future. I never, ever, anticipated, now two years ago, that I’d …
Covid-19 Diary : Sunday 30 January 2022
There have been several articles now about the new “stealth” version of Omicron becoming more prevalent, in the US and elsewhere in the world. While it is still early days in understanding the implication …
Weekly Roundup, January 28, 2022
372 Supporters (+1 from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning Have you noticed the days becoming noticeably longer? I have, and it is great to see that some of …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 27 January, 2022
The CDC has been criticized for its self-isolation guidelines, which reduced the period of quarantine needed for people who test positive for Covid, and allow people to clear out of quarantine without the need …
