March 21, 2020: Out and about – but not! Another 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.

Literally.

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

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— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) March 20, 2020

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

Your global tracker

Researchers conclude social distancing and school closures would be in effect two months on and one month off until a vaccine is available

How power companies are keeping your lights on during the pandemic

Senate Intel Chairman with insider knowledge about the burgeoning pandemic sold off stock ahead of economic downturn.  They sent Martha Stewart away for less.

There’s a correlation between the severity of Covid-19 and the by means by which it is contracted

Infection via contact results in milder cases than infection through lungs

How people in Nanjing went from 93 infections to 0 infections:

And how a small Italian city eradicated the virus.  Spoiler Alert!  They tested everyone!

If we go into full isolation for four weeks, we can get on top of this.

How long will the shutdown take? Short segment from my call with @nntaleb pic.twitter.com/Csz0GgcwZj

— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) March 19, 2020

I’ve been saying this all along.  America needs to pick it up!

An unprepared New York could run out of medical supplies in 2-3 weeks

Drugmaker brings down the price of chloroquine, a promising treatment

We’ve all heard of scaremongering – but in Canada, we have caremongering

Drive-ins are a thing again!

Bored?  The internet to the rescue!

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