Author: Thomas DelMundo

People have been alarmed by the “new strains” of COVID-19 being discovered around the world. Part of this confusion is due to the somewhat subjective use of the term “strain” which applies to any genetic variation or subtype of a virus. These variations can cause a change in a virus’ lethality or infectiousness or as…

San Francisco and other Bay Area counties have released revised rules on mask-wearing due to COVID-19. And some are not just onerous but nonsensical. For example, it says that you have to wear a mask outdoors if you’re within 30ft of another person?! But you don’t have to wear a mask if you’re outdoors exercising.…

If you want to learn more about Swedish policies concerning COVID-19 try Googling “Swedish Model” and select ‘IMAGES’ The results are vastly different than epidemiological data charts I’ve seen for other countries but it looks promising (above). Much talk has been made about Sweden’s COVID-19 response. Oddly, depending on your political position you get either,…

It was 1974, I was 3 yrs old when my mother took me with her to see her favorite actor, Sean Connery in a new movie. Unfortunately, this wasn’t a James Bond film, it was Zardoz. I was much too young to understand its plot and themes but it had a profound impact on me…

I discovered that The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) had hidden their SIR model, which showed their predictions for when each country’s COVID-19 pandemic would end. In their words, “Over-optimism based on some predictions is dangerous because it may loosen our disciplines and controls and cause the turnaround of the virus and infection,…