Bike related head and brain injuries among adults remain high
“The fact is that bicycling leads to the highest number of ER visits for traumatic brain injury in the U.S.,” he said. The threat to adults is especially dire.”With an…
How The CDC Change on Mask Guidance Set Off Confusion in States and Cities
Yes, the CDC Director said that masks are more effective than vaccines. This was followed by 90+% mask wearing compliance last fall as daily new cases increased by an order…
CDC announces fully vaccinated no longer need to wear face masks when on Zoom teleconferences
CDC announced today that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear face masks when on Zoom teleconference calls, and no longer need to wear their face mask for social…
Climate change requires “degrowth” say “experts”
Presumably the authors of this study will agree to demonstrate “degrowth” by cutting their own salaries, their departments and their university budgets. They can go first, right? “We can still…
July 2020: “CDC director says face masks may offer more protection against COVID than a vaccine”
Redfield first said this in mid-July 2020. Redfield said if Americans wore face masks for several weeks, “we would bring this pandemic under control,” because there is scientific evidence they…
After 13 months: “CDC admits coronavirus is airborne, can be transmitted more than 6 feet away”
Apparently, it’s time for increased ventilation and actual N95 masks then? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finally acknowledging something that health experts have been saying for a…
California dependent on international immigration for growth
“Our demographers anticipate we will return to slightly positive growth 12 months from now as the pandemic is brought under control and we see changes to immigration policy,” he said.…
Remarkable: States with stringent requirements have nearly same outcomes as those without stringent guidelines
History will not look kindly on what the experts just did. Unfortunately, it will take a different set of experts to critically analyze this as too many leading experts may…
Today is 14 weeks after Michael Osterholm said the U.S. would get far worse, worse than ever, within 14 weeks
It is 14 weeks, as of today. Cases have fallen off a cliff since Osterholm not only made his projection, but spread it widely via television and mass media outlets.…
Environmental Robotics
Erin Kennedy, a.k.a. RobotGrrl, gives this TedXOttawa talk. Interesting approach to applying robotics and other ideas to simple environmental cleanups. I met Erin at SF Bay Area Maker Faire in…