December 31, 2021

London still on its tightrope!

https://twitter.com/PaulMainwood/status/1476958475880173572?s=20


All the Covid mavens are watching London every day hoping its reached a peak. It's nothing like some predicted a couple of weeks ago though

https://twitter.com/drraghibali/status/1476984028418953222?s=20

December 31, 2021

Caparison of Covid vaccination rates and death rates by state.

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1476553395863711749?s=20

It's good to live in New England!

December 31, 2021

Surprised to read this vaccination stat from the White House.

https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1476657804685594628?s=20

Cyrus Shahpar is head of Covid stats at the White House.

December 30, 2021

Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas

Remember the Kung Fu craze?

December 30, 2021

Elizabeth Holmes jury off until Monday.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-holmes-fraud-trial-sealed-proceeding-mystery-001052610.html

They've deliberated for 48 hours and asked only two questions. The judge continues to maintain a leisurely pace to the trial.

December 30, 2021

This...is London

https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1476314095313850369?s=20


Some are voicing the hope that the Omicron wave peaked on Dec. 23. Still too early to know for sure. London is the epicenter of the UK omicron wave.

Dr. Wachter is head of the Dept. of Medicine at UCSF. His Twitter feed has good stuff and is followed by other experts.

December 29, 2021

My informal Free Republic survey.

Just out of curiosity I perused the titles of the first four pages of most recent posts. Maybe 50 in all. There were only two that mentioned the word 'Trump'. There were three that said licorice was a cure for Covid.

December 28, 2021

The latest South Africa covid stats:

https://twitter.com/rid1tweets/status/1475915795704123398?s=20

December 28, 2021

Young Women do 60s Dances!

They probably know how to make a decent martini, too!

December 28, 2021

Covid and the Boston sewers.

Apparently a group at MIT has developed a very accurate way of determine the spread of Covid. They can measure it by sampling at waste treatment plants. The system will anticipate the results of actual tests by a week or more and doesn't suffer the bias resulting from a self selecting group who opt for PCR tests. Here is a link to the most recent results. You can tell where things are headed:

https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm

I read an article that this new technology will have all sorts of uses: determining levels of drug use, what types of drugs. Apparently it will even be able to measure levels of stress in the community. I guess it's progress.

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2021/12/23/boston-covid-sewage-studies/