Trump’s Focus on the COVID Fatality Ratio Is Very Revealing
2020-08-03 – We didn’t really need the Axios interview with Donald Trump to know that he was getting the his COVID response all wrong. It’s just one of many opportunities […]
Tag Archives: health
The Un-Masking of Donald Trump
2020-07-21 – I’m sure that many of his followers were relieved to see the Donald in a mask. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these people are not stupid, just human. They’ve […]
If Good Health Were Contagious
2020-07-16 – It was time for my decennial colonoscopy, so I went. People said that you should delay nonessential medical treatment during the pandemic. Till when? And if decennial colonoscopies […]
#Pocalypso | Is a Declining COVID Death Rate Good News?
2020-07-07 – Right-wing media are trumpeting a declining death rate as evidence that the pandemic is over-ish. Is a declining death rate good news? Can we stop our precautions (such […]
#Pocalypso | Why Trump’s 99% Is True and Misleading at the Same Time
2020-07-06 – “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” So said Mark Twain. Over the weekend, Trump told us that 99% of COVID cases are harmless. […]
#Pocalypso | A Masked Ride on the Lakefront
2020-06-26 – One of the conditions for reopening Chicago’s lakefront path, supposedly, is that people wear mask when running or biking there. And I say “running or biking” and not […]
#Pocalypso | I’m Wearing a Mask—But Not for You
2020-05-22 – I am stoically wearing a mask. But I’m doing it for me, not for you. Mask advocates have been circulating the idea that you should wear a mask […]
#Pocalypso | TGIF: Thank God I Have Fingers
2020-05-19 – TGIF: Thank God I have Fingers. (It’s not what you are thinking. Today is Tuesday.) Why do I say that? It’s because of COVID-19. If we were like […]
#Pocalypso | A Fragment of Truth About COVID
2020-04-30 – Is there even a fragment of truth about COVID coming out of the Trump White House? The answer is yes and no. That really is the problem. Trump […]
#Pocalypso | Today is TGIF – Yesterday Was TGIT
2020-04-24 – Thank God It’s Friday! And yesterday was Thank God It’s Thursday. This is not some apocalyptic realization that we owe some deity thanks for every day. This is […]
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