Public health: Wow
The pandemic of really bad analogies may never end – Even a brain injured idiot like me can figure out why this is nonsense: The primary function of Twitter is…
Public Health: US Sec of HHS says vaccines only good for 2 months of protection?
Secretary Xavier Becerra on Twitter: “An updated COVID vaccine can help protect you from the worst outcomes of COVID. If it’s been over 2 months since your last dose, make…
Demographics: Are retiring Baby Boomer’s causing inflation?
Simplistic perspective: Fewer people working because they have elected to retire makes it more difficult to cure the economy’s supply-demand imbalance. Source: Why retiring Baby Boomers may make it harder…
American EVs reduced gasoline consumption by just 0.54% in 2021 | Ars Technica
There are too few EVs and hybrids at this point to make generalized future projections about gas consumption. Most EVs, so far, are replacements for smaller, fuel-efficient ICE vehicles. A…
Smart phones: Google used fake testimonial ads to sell Pixel 4 phones
Google has settled with 6 of 7 states, and the FTC for running fake testimonial ads featuring “influencers” – who had never used the Pixel 4 phones. Source: Google sued…
Public health: China’s “ZeroCovid” strategy can not work forever
The strict policies saved lives, but cannot be sustained, said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. “They do not have a…
Demographics, Labor, Health: UK NHS should consider using robots to address labor shortage
Health Secretary says the risk of introducing technology needs to be judged against the impact staff shortages have on the service Source: NHS should consider robots to plug staffing gaps,…
EVs, Business, Climate: Domino’s to deliver pizza via EV
Delivery of a single meal to a home is inefficient and an EV doesn’t improve that much – but at least it looks virtuous: Domino’s Pizza will be rolling out…
Demographics, Education: “Employers rethink need for college degrees”
Companies such as Walmart and Delta Air Lines and Maryland’s state government have reduced requirements for some positions and shifted their focus to skills. Source: Employers Rethink Need for College…
Space: “most profound chapter in human history is the industrial revolution happening in” Low Earth Orbit
Agree with this: As I wrote in The Washington Post recently, the most profound chapter in human history is the industrial revolution happening in LEO, just 250 miles above our heads. We are at…