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…
Idiocy: All the experts who did “everything right” got Covid, but we expect 6 and 9 year olds to be more successful
The mask force is strong with this one: Dr. Betty Choi, a pediatrician, children’s book author and mother of two children in central California, tells Yahoo Life that she’s having…
International: Business: KFC encourages German customers to “treat yourself” on Kristallnacht
This is why businesses desperately need workers with broader global understanding – this is tone deaf beyond words: KFC apologized this week for sending a mobile app alert telling German…
Twitter: Media has meltdown over proposal to charge a fee for “Blue check”
Much of the media is having a meltdown over Twitter’s proposal to charge users for a Blue Check verified account. Here’s a quote from a Bloomberg news column: The plan…
Healthcare: “Crushing surge in health care costs next year”
All signs point to a crushing surge in health care costs for patients and employers next year — and that means health care industry groups are about to brawl over…
Public health: Remember monkeypox?
I’m so old, I remember when an expert predicted everyone would have Monkeypox by July: Follow up: Monkeypox projection made May 24, 2022 – Coldstreams Then it was revised to…
Security: Australian telco Optus security breach impacts 40% of Australians
Someone stole personal identity data on all customers of Optus and began posting it online. Optus apparently required substantial personal information and identity documents to prove identity when establishing new…
Demographics, Media: “Staggering visualization shows the world’s population at 8 billion”
The reporter is 100% unaware of the global decline in fertility rates and as a consequence writes a scary headline news report that is disinformation: And, looking at those numbers,…
Public health: Ten pages of Covid rules for a Nov 2022 event
Ten single spaced pages of Covid restrictions to attend a “con”-like event in mid-November 2022! Kumoricon » COVID-19 Expectations for Kumoricon 2022 Mandatory vaccination or lab/pharmacy issued negative PCR/Rapid test…
Great example of randomness of Covid protection rules
A huge event in Chicago (C2E2) run by Reed Pop Entertainment on Aug 5-7, where community Covid risk is HIGH, did not require face masks. A nearly identical event (ECCC)…