Reading time – 3:23 . . . The population of the United States makes up approximately 4% of the of the total world population. Yet we have managed to have 32.3% of all coronavirus cases and 26.7% of all coronavirus deaths on the planet. Even if all the illness and deaths in the New York… [read more]
American Death Rates For Your Consideration
Reading time – 2:14 . . . There continue to be comparisons made between the seasonal flu and COVID-19, with the apparent goal of decreasing our perception of the danger of this pandemic. After all, we suffer thousands of deaths every year from the seasonal flu and we don’t shut down the country. To put… [read more]
Potpourri v11.0 – The “How Can We Be This Stupid?” Edition
Reading time – 3:41 . . . Dr. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, has been kicked out of his post. Reports STAT, “Bright’s career has largely centered around vaccine and drug development. His work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focused on influenza viruses, antiviral drugs… [read more]
Coronavirus For Dummies
Reading time – 3:41; Viewing time – 5:30 . . . Imagine that in your town nobody has smoke detectors. The only way the fire department knows to come out and battle a fire is when they can see flames shooting through a roof. But when another house goes up in flames somewhere else in… [read more]
You Need To Understand This
Reading time – 5:19 . . . Sure, you’re sick of coronavirus 24/7, but it’s killing so many of our family and friends that we need to know the truth. For that, read Sheila Markin’s post and you’ll understand both what’s happened and what needs to happen. The president can’t tell the difference between reality… [read more]
JaxPolitix: Cynical Edition v1.0
Reading time – 2:30; Viewing time – 3:53 . . . The number crunchers tell us that once infected, blacks in this country are at least 6 times more likely to die from coronavirus than whites. It’s worse for Hispanics than whites, too. There has been much hand wringing about this lately and ties to… [read more]
Get Real
Reading time – 2:21 . . . The Gallup Organization published a new poll looking at how we view the performance of various groups responding to coronavirus. The information is, well, a bit nuts. Have a look at the chart below and note that roughly 4 out of 5 of us approve of the job… [read more]
Royal Leadership
Reading time – 2:53 . . . It’s so difficult seeing the President of the United States bumbling us to death. First he ignored the experts because, as in all things, he believes that he knows better than any of them. That caused two months of delay in taking action to minimize the spread and… [read more]
How We Became This Way
Reading time – 4:52; Viewing time – 9:15 . . . This pandemic showed up and we citizens had two different takes on it. Some of us saw a clear and present danger, so we followed the directions of the medical professionals, the governors and the mayors to hunker down. Others heard the claim of… [read more]
Guest Essay: A Profile in Malignant Narcissism
Reading time – 2:55 . . . Dan Giallombardo is a regular reader of these posts. Sometimes he offers comments and occasionally he sends me private responses that I always find helpful and clarifying He has something to say now that’s quite valuable and he agreed to let me post it. Don’t imagine that this… [read more]
