I witnessed the last of the scheduled “firefalls” to occur in Yosemite National Park
A long time ago, park staff would push a pile of burning embers off of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park in an evening display of a “Fire fall” that…
The vaccines only work if you post a selfie on social media
Why you’re seeing coronavirus vaccine selfies all over Facebook and Twitter – CNET If you read the instructions, it says the vaccine will fail to activate unless you post a…
My little chart seems to have stirred up a hornet’s nest :)
The Oregon Health Authority stopped providing biographical details for each death, such as age, county, gender, date of a positive coronavirus test and date of death. Source: Gov. Kate Brown’s…
the impact of EVs on climate, good but not a panacea yet
True … One critical sector is transportation, which generates 28% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — more than either electric power production or industry. … The media spotlight on EVs…
Another interesting finding from my Oregon public health data analysis
Previously, I transcribed about 1,600 Oregon Covid-19 death records by hand and discovered the public facing presentation of deaths was misleading – it had time shifted past deaths into the…
Pickup EVs could be practical for local businesses
Am thinking contractors, local businesses, etc could all be in the pick up EV market. For one thing, range is not such a big issue (even though most have decent…
Oregon confirms peak deaths were late Nov/Early Dec, adds great new chart!
Much to my blown out brain’s surprise, Oregon today fixed the problem with inappropriate daily death reports. As I previously explained, Oregon, like every state, publishes a daily body count.…
Why is this allowed?
U.K. variant Brazil variant South Africa variant California variant China or Wuhan virus Every variant has been named and identified by the media based on its first detection location. Except…
Former CDC director says cloth masks don’t work
It is becoming unanimous – cloth masks do not work: Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC during the Obama Administration, tweeted Monday encouraging people to upgrade “from a cloth…
U.S. joins Austria, Germany, France, White House in concluding cloth face masks did not work
Source: Dr. Fauci: Double mask during Covid makes common sense, more effective The astrology behind face masks seems to have been a total disaster in 2020 and now extending in…
Public health expert calls for immediate nationwide lockdowns
This enables the privileged wealthy to outsource their risk to low paid grocery workers, InstaCart deliveries and so on. Wonderful! She also wants to mandate N95 masks at all times,…
Do you remember when protests did not cause the spread of Covid-19?
I am so old, I remember back when public health “Experts” said protesting was more important than fighting a virus. June 2, 2020 July 5th, 2020 Researchers Say Protests Didn’t…
Global health expert says travel restrictions likely to stay for another 1 to 2 years
A public health “expert” tells the BBC that we may have travel restrictions in place for another 1 to 2 years. It’s lock down and lock’em up forever.
European countries mandate medical-grade masks, acknowledge that cotton face masks were near worthless
They’ve known this for almost 100 years: Confronting new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus and a winter spike in infections, a number of European countries are beginning to make…