Tag: COVID-19

As the COVID-19 death toll continues to rise in NYC, the nation looks to California for a model of how to avoid NY’s fate. CA enacted the nation’s first shelter-in-place order weeks before NY. The results are promising, CA appears to be is “flattening the curve” in new COVID-19 cases.  As CA’s governor, Gavin Newsom,…

I urged the general use of cloth masks to help flatten the curve. But 3 weeks later, the CDC is sill ‘seriously considering ‘ changing their mask-wearing recommendations. Los Angeles’ mayor didn’t wait and yesterday urged wearing masks. What needs to get out to the general public are the clear messages: Wear a face mask whenever…

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…