USPS, UPS, FedEx in package shipment gridlock
Private carriers FedEx and UPS have cut off delivery service for some retailers, sending massive volumes of packages to the Postal Service. Source: USPS inundated by crush of holiday packages,…
In Australia: “Tesla Supercharging now more expensive than petrol refuelling”
Tesla’s “less than the cost of petrol” claim no longer cuts the mustard Source: Tesla Supercharging now more expensive than petrol refuelling
1968 flu pandemic
Was reading up on something else which led to this item on the 1968-1970 influenza pandemic. Very interesting. The 1968 flu pandemic caused illness of varying degrees of severity in…
When will life return to normal?
It looks like first availability of vaccinations is not until summer of 2021. What does that mean for when life returns to normal? First availability means the start of vaccinating…
Must see: Johns Hopkins Covid 19 Risk Tool
Source: Covid 19 Risk Tool from Johns Hopkins University The online calculator uses data to estimate your mortality risk, based on data for people with similar health situations as you,…
Models project everyone will have Covid-19 by mid-January, sort of
The UW IHME random number generator projects up to 1 million new cases on January 10th. MIT has their own forecast: Total active coronavirus cases in the U.S. are projected…
CDC says to wear a hazmat suit at all times, except inside your house
The CDC recommended Friday that people now wear masks in all indoor settings, with the sole exception of their own home, as part of a broad strategy to slow the…
Sad: Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, dead at 97
He was awesome: Chuck Yeager, the historic test pilot portrayed in the movie “The Right Stuff,” is dead at the age of 97, according to a tweet posted on his…
While telling us to “Stay Home, Save Lives”, Oregon public health paid an activist group to support protests and mass spreader events
On March 27, 2020, four days after Oregon’s lock down when in to effect, the Oregon Health Authority issued a $145,000 grant to an activist group named SNACK BLOC, under…
CDC says most Americans have been wearing masks since spring of 2020
Does this mean the CDC is saying that face masks did not work to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as cases exploded since then? Despite President Trump’s very public resistance…