Teleworking trends
Stated another way, about 70% of workers need to go into offices. Only about a third of all workers have jobs that allow teleworking. Source: Oregonians’ march back to the…
Follow up from February 2021: “And there you go: Pandemic should end by mid-year”
This forecast did not age well: And there you go: Pandemic should end by mid-year | Coldstreams Business and Tech
Follow up: “The epidemiologists Strike Back: Revenge of the Models Episode III”
In February, as cases were falling rapidly, the disease modelers projected a large rise in daily new cases starting as soon as May (but with a multi-month window), and caused…
Follow up: “We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April” – 2021
This did not age well: We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April – WSJ | Coldstreams Business and Tech
Microsoft Ignite conference does parody of “Woke-ism”, or something
Speakers at the Microsoft Ignite technical conference introduced themselves by specifying their gender, ethnicity, appearance and personal pronouns, seemingly in line with the meme of “woke-ism” (other definitions here and…
Another super spreader prediction that failed: School re-openings this fall
A few months back experts said opening schools would be a super spreader event. For the most part, like all super spreader predictions, this forecast was also wrong: New research…
Losing the narrative: Climate change causes inflation
Or something: Bank of Canada plans to keep eye on climate change impact on inflation | The Star
Muriel Lezak, brain injury expert who helped establish the field of neuropsychology, passed away at age 94
Source: Muriel Lezak, Portland’s pioneering neuropsychologist and brain-injury expert, dies at 94 – oregonlive.com Having dealt with a 5″ skull fracture, and multiple additional knock out blows that in two…
Covid policies around the country
A majority of states do not require school students to wear face masks in school. A majority of states have ended their emergency declarations. Only 8 states still have indoor…