I hesitated to post this update. This is supposed to be a cheery time of year. But then I realize that if I could persuade even a handful of people to cancel their plans to have a holiday gathering with people outside their household, it would be worth it. First, I’d like you to read
Category: General
A New, More Contagious COVID Strain?
“Nations around the world are stopping flights from England to prevent the spread of a new strain of COVID that is 70% more contagious.” Have you heard headlines like this in the past few day? I sure have. I’ve got very mixed feelings about commenting on this, because maybe this will scare some public officials
Learning from Senegal
COVID around the world, Dec. 19, 2020 I have a friend who was a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. America’s response to COVID has often been compared to that of a “third world country,” or as Trump calls them, “shithole countries.” My friend sent me a link to a story about how they’re handling the
COVID Update – Nov. 20
I published my last COVID update slightly over two months ago. In the interim, I was working on a series examining conspiracy theories and the logical fallacies that make them possible. The 11 articles that make up that study are all on zorgi.me. In September, cases were decreasing in California. San Diego, LA, and Orange
200,427
Many months ago, I was hoping this headline would never see the light of day. Over 200,000 people dead. Here’s what the man in charge of formulating the national strategy on the pandemic had to say about this. So I feel that we’ve done a tremendous job actually, and it’s something that, I don’t think
County catch-up
By now you hopefully recognize the charts from covidactnow.org, just in case I forget to put an attribution. Please note that only the raw charts come from covidactnow; all the arrows, callouts, and text boxes come from me. Just straight data today; I wore out my fingers responding to people yesterday! Election Day is in
Rage against the dying of the light
Most of you have heard about Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage. I realized that I had made an error about trump. I assumed that he downplayed the dangers of covid-19 out stupidity and arrogance. It turns out that he knew very well how dangerous the virus was, but decided to hide this fact from the
Gym rats and hospital data
No, this is not a post about how gym goers end up in the hospital. These are just the two main topics I’m covering today. Also, before the pandemic, I considered myself a “gym rat”. I hope you don’t view this as an offensive term. If you do, my apologies! For the gym rats On
Testing charts
The math of masks Several people have written to me that they have a family member or friend who is skeptical about masks but willing to learn. Here’s a great little video to help them understand why masks are so important and how many people wearing masks can help stop a pandemic. There’s some math
Vaccines – a perspective
This section is from BB, a healthcare consultant who’s been working with me for several months. He graciously provided the text for the following section, summarizing what’s happened up to now and what we might look forward to regarding vaccines. What else could possibly go wrong? The Trump Administration’s response to the covid-19 pandemic has