March 20, 2020: Out and about – but not really! The newsletter update!

Ready for our  morning walk!

Akemi is a big fan of medical masks.  They’re quite common in Japan, worn by sick individuals who don’t want to infect others, and by healthy individuals who don’t want to get sick.  When, a few weeks ago, the experts started telling the public that “masks don’t work”, Akemi’s response was “Bullshit!”.  And, of course, it IS bullshit.  Really, these “experts” should have just been honest with the public and just said: “We fucked up.  We had three months of warnings that this would happen but we failed to take preventative measures and didn’t stock up to protect our healthcare professionals.  We have been caught with our pants down and we’re sorry.”  But I don’t think that’s going to happen.

For my part, I’m going maskless – for now, as I’m only really going out to walk Suji at the park (or occasionally going out to pick up eats).  Yesterday, we had to go to the bank for what turned out to be an alarmingly all-too-long  twenty minute visit.  But Akemi had me covered.

Planning something special for you Dark Matter fans.  Will have more details early next week!

The Dark Matter Greatest Episode Tournament continues tomorrow!

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Your daily Covid-19 news update (links embedded within the headlines):

Your global tracker
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Under this model, researchers conclude social distancing and school closures would be in effect two months on and one month off until a vaccine is available. Whenever that is.
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How power companies are keeping your lights on during this pandemic
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Senate Intel chairman with insider knowledge on the burgeoning pandemic sold off stock ahead of economic downturn
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There’s a correlation between the severity of Covid-19 and the means by which the virus is contracted.
Infection by contacts is actually milder than contracted the virus through your lungs
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How people in Nanjing are battling the virus, going from 93 infections to 0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfsdJGj3-jM&feature=youtu.be
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And how a small Italian city eradicated the virus.  Spoiler alert: They tested everyone! 
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Isolate for four weeks and you can get on top of this:
https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/1240675140737908738
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I’ve been saying this all along.  America needs to pick it up!
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An unprepared New York could run out of medical supplies in 2-3 weeks
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Drugmaker brings down the price of chloroquine, a promising treatment in the fight against the coronavirus
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We’ve all heard of scaremongering – but in Canada, we have caremongering
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Drive-ins are a thing again!
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Bored?  The internet to the rescue!
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