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Monday
For the past two years, the world has been in the unusual position that during volcanic eruptions, there are actually sufficient quantities of effective, readymade face masks on hand. For all of civilized history prior, people had to improvise cloth masks, with widely varying results.
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Tonga is now in the odd position of needing serious ( Read more... ) -
Year Three
So, we have hit one million active cases. That's amazing.
A record number of deaths (25) here in December, too. 850,000 dead nationwide.
Indiana Health Department is now rationing rapid antigen tests.
And, the CDC continues to undermine what little credibility they have left. ***** Original posted at chinese doomThe Chinese Inconvenience
So, the Chinese Doom, or, as I suppose it ought be called now, the Chinese Inconvenience, may have visited me. I had about two days of sneezing, fever, and coughing, which felt more like a cold or hayfever than anything, and then today I'm more or less fine. My chief harm is a strained back from unexpectedly sneezing when I was in an awkward ( Read more... )The Return of the Chinese Doom!
This time, at least, everyone seems to be taking it seriously, and shutting off southern Africa's access to the world early, and hard. And we have an incredibly robust and flexible new way to make tailor-made vaccines, so the time that we gain from locking down Africa may well be enough to get a custom vaccine ready. Lipolization and mRNA ( Read more... )King Alfred's Flour
I got my Moderna booster Saturday, as did the Maternal Parent. I was surprised at how mild and short-lived the side-effects were, especially when compared to my second shot. Mother, as is usual for her, suffered nothing but a sore arm. I had a slight fever and headache, but it was over in a day.
I'm fortunate to have gotten my entire sequence ( Read more... )Current Events
It appears that Israel has blown up the Al Jazeera building. Tragically, all of the journalists seem to have escaped beforehand.
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Not content with the 600k Americans he's already killed, Dr. Tedros tries to add some children to the tally. One ought to admire a man with ambition, I suppose.
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Interesting Canadian research on administering ( Read more... )Over and Over and Over and Over...
Automation in restaurants. Unlike the interviewee, I love the idea. My chief fear is that it's not so inevitable as he thinks. We're very close to the point where the falling costs of robotics combined with the push for ridiculously high wages for burger flippers make it plausible. There are obvious advantages in having a robot kitchen - food ( Read more... )Half-Stick Objurgations
So, one COVID death yesterday in Indiana, which brings our seven-day moving average down to five, which we haven't seen since March 23rd of last year.
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India has made everyone eligible for vaccination, but seems to have run out of vaccine in most places. Given that they're doing about 3 million people per day (when they have vaccine) that 66 ( Read more... )Salt Bomb Obsequies
So, the MSM are beginning to report on the fact that India's death figures are way out of accord with the evidence. I'm unsure if this reflects some vestigial sense of journalistic integrity, or if they're aware that they need to do something to avoid looking like idiots. Estimated multipliers seem to center around 2 to 5, with some estimates as ( Read more... )The More! The Doom!
India's building cremation pyres in parking lots and parks now. The pyres referenced in the article look anything but makeshift to me. They could have done a neater job with the concrete underlayment, but the pyres themselves look well-finished and professional, with even a black tile surround.
What I'm starting to wonder now is where is all the ( Read more... )