Did not age well: Biden-Covid vaccination in US will not be mandatory
As of today, vaccination is Federally mandated via proxy. This did not age well: Joe Biden: Covid vaccination in US will not be mandatory – BBC News (Dec 5, 2020).
The ineffectiveness of public health mitigations in one chart
Oregon Health and Science University projects that by the end of 2021, nearly 60% of all Oregon residents will have had Covid-19. That means our then 21 months of mitigations…
Leakage: why people are more likely to get infected at home
Study in Israel found health care workers are more likely to become infected with Covid-19 in the home, than at work. This is because no one wears PPE at home.…
NO: Put decision-making entirely in hands of health care leaders
NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT: Bersin’s idea is to remove the politicians from the decision-making entirely and put it in the hands of health care leaders. Source: Criticism for U.S. government as…
Experts declare cloth facial coverings mostly useless
Experts warn it’s time to invest in higher-quality masks with a tight fit in the wake of the Delta variant, especially among the unvaccinated like children and other vulnerable populations.…
National Park Service mandates #MasksForAll, including Vaxxed, outdoors
The mandate pertains to both vaccinated and unvaccinated visitors. Any time you are within six feet of someone else, outdoors, in national Parks, you are now mandated to wear a…
Lake Wobegon is a real place
NHS public health directs teams to put plans in place to ensure everyone is above average.
I’m so old, I remember months ago …
… when states reported Covid related data on a daily basis. Fortunately, Covid is no longer an emergency so many states now report only Monday through Friday, or even just…
Condemnation of the CDC’s lack of data collection
I have seen numerous doctors express frustration that the CDC does not collect important data, which is often collected in advanced nations of the world. The result is the U.S.…
COVID Charts Quiz: Test your knowledge of how Covid mitigations worked
This is brilliant – well done. Test your knowledge of how government interventions affected the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: COVID Charts Quiz
Good modeling report from OHSU
If you have read this blog you know that I view most disease models as on par with astrology. I just read this report: ohsu-covid-oregon-trends_202108101.pdf The summary is that daily…
Oregon announces statewide mask mandates for all vaccinated persons
It’s Shroedinger’s Vaccine: They both work and do not work simultaneously! We are now at day #528 of 15-days to flatten the curve. This chart absolutely positively proves that facial…
Blame the people
This is what happens when “experts” are completely disconnected from real people and real lives: As someone else said about this, “Tell me you are a public health official without…
Axios notes the confusing messaging from public health experts
Trust has been lost: “The Biden administration’s handling of the Delta surge has left Americans confused and frustrated, fueling media overreaction and political manipulation,” Axios’ Mike Allen wrote over the…
Confusion over “cloth face coverings” versus effective N95s continues
In March of 2020, public health told us that wearing medical grade face masks did not work when used by the general public. Then on Apr 6, 2020, they told…