Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: A promising antiviral; a rare blood disorder perhaps related to vaccination; and the prospects for children getting vaccinated. Plus news briefs and a frippery. When will kids get vaccinated? … Continue reading →
Researchers at MIT have published an extremely useful analysis: of the stores, services, and institutions to which we can now return, which are safest? Which offer the most “bang for the buck,” being worth the risk they impose? Here is … Continue reading →
Are we embarking on a second wave of Covid-19 spread? There’s a case to be made that many places in this country never left the first wave. This image has been floating around social media for the last few days. … Continue reading →
If I contract Covid-19, how likely is it that I will succumb to it? Age, gender, and preexisting condition suggest that my risk is some multiple of whatever counts for “average.” I wanted to explore those odds. If you’ve been … Continue reading →
What kinds of activities outside the home is it safe to engage in? Here are two useful resources for assessing the risks for yourself: one a survey of four epidemiologists, and the other the collective opinions of 511 epidemiologists. 1. … Continue reading →
Minnesota is farther along than some states on the path to a prudent reopening — and the state is proceeding cautiously as the metrics supporting such an easing of policy are favorable. Other states don’t show the same caution. Here … Continue reading →
Whenever it does — by universal distribution of an effective vaccine, or by the virus mutating to become less lethal to humans — how will we shape the civilization that evolves on the other side? The shape of the society … Continue reading →
What do you expect to happen — what do you expect to do — once your state begins to open up? Personally I expect little change in my life. The wisdom of relaxing our public health strictures at all is … Continue reading →
