Category: COVID-19

In my previous article, I wrote about a study questioning the superiority of N95 respirators over surgical masks. In today’s Deep Dive we’re going to look into what “N95” actually means and why it’s important in infectious disease. And what that moshpit GIF has to do with any of this. N95 is a designation of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and…

On March 31,  New York City identified over 4,600 new cases of COVID-19, that’s on top of the over 33,000 cases already reported. Just another day in NYC. Early in the national emergency, politicians and pundits were quick to blame the FDA and Trump for failing to adequately deal with the virus. But unlike hand-sanitizer, there’s plenty of blame to go around.…

No matter what part of the political spectrum you’re in, we can all agree on this fact: Every leader of every modern nation on this planet, should have seen this Pandemic coming. But what none of us could foresee is was how a virus could so quickly change how many of us learn and work every day. Prior…

No rest for the wicked. But a new meme until tomorrow.

I’ve been watching the Picard CBS Star Trek series since before we were stuck at home under COVID-19 ordinance. It started out promising with great performances by Sir Patrick Stewart but… [SPOILERS AHEAD] I haven’t been this irritated and disappointed by the last couple of episodes of a series since Game of Thrones. Why did Sutra let Narek…

I’ve been writing more essays and articles this week but the memes didn’t stop.      

WWII has become a popular metaphor for our war with COVID-19. All around the country, Americans shelter in their homes, like the air-raid drills of the 1940’s. Our current Administration’s lack of preparedness for this pandemic, echos FDR’s in the months before Pearl Harbor: overconfident, distracted and dismissive of the threat from Asia. Today, the U.S. surpassed China in the total number of patients…