Fauci warns against relaxing public health measures as summer approaches
This is what he said about Texas 4 weeks ago – today Texas achieved the lowest metrics since June of 2020. Today, California announced it is ending most restrictions on…
Considerable decline in trust of the CDC, large survey shows
Rather than fix the root cause problems, the CDC will enlist public relations consultants and fix this with a propaganda campaign – and the CDC will continue business as usual:…
Did you know that RC model aircraft pilots must keep their instruction manuals with them while flying? I didn’t.
FAA regulations require that operating instruction manuals be kept on board aircraft when the aircraft is in operation. Pilots can refer to manuals in the event a problem develops during…
CDC mostly drops the surface cleaning guidance
People can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 through contact with surfaces. However, based on available epidemiological data and studies of environmental transmission factors, surface transmission is not the main route by…
Does auto-enrollment in retirement plans make sense?
Source: A new law would require employees to save for retirement – MarketWatch The law would mandate automatic payroll deductions of 3%, rising 1% per year until 10% is reached…
What is the NNT and efficacy for face masks?
NNT is the number needed to treat to result in one positive outcome. Stated another way, how many people need to wear a face mask to eliminate one new case…
9 months ago outdoor assemblies of people were not mass spreader events but now they are mass spreader events?
Outdoor protests in June of 2020 said not to be a source of Covid-19 spread. There isn’t evidence that Black Lives Matter protests have led to a noticeable increase in…
I make observations and ask stupid questions
Just an observation about the “4th wave”. The first 3 waves had similar upwards slopes in the epicurves (yellow lines at left). This curve, so far, for the supposed 4th…
Surge in good news: “Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is 100% effective in children ages 12-15”
Source: Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is 100% effective in children ages 12-15 Is “Surge” a militaristic white supremacy verb? No, it is not but that didn’t stop a politician…
The world is consuming 3 million face masks PER MINUTE
No one gave any thought to this side effect of face masks – there was and is no plan for mask recycling: Recent studies estimated an astounding 129 billion face…