Mar 31, 2020
To face mask, or not to face mask? That is the question. To face mask, or not to face mask? That is the question. {This post is specifically about surgical face masks, the cheap, loose-fitting, disposable kind. Surgical masks are different from N95 respirators, which...
Mar 29, 2020
The New Normal The New Normal How are y’all doing? I’m surprised how quickly the weirdness of our days has started to feel normal. The sharpness of my initial grief and fear has blunted, leaving me with a nagging ache in my gut. I’m impressed by how my fears and...
Mar 28, 2020
A new Manhattan Project to stop the next pandemic We need a new Manhattan Project: Biomarker testing to screen for and stop the next virus Hubby is reading The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes, a brilliant and comprehensive history of the origin and...
Mar 26, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 was not made in a lab SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was not made in a lab Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Wuhan, China, rumors have circulated that the virus was artificially engineered as a bioweapon. Conspiracy theorists took as evidence the existence of a...
Mar 24, 2020
Will it happen here? Will it happen here? My husband is a physician at a university hospital in California. Today (March 24, 2020) he got word from a colleague in New York. At this person’s hospital, they fear New York City may soon lead the world in COVID-19...
