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The Highpoint of the Biden Presidency

January 20, 2021 By Mark Draughn Leave a Comment

Four years ago, when Donald Trump had just taken the Presidential oath of office, I wrote that it was "The Highpoint of the Trump Presidency," and eight years before that, when Barack Obama had just taken the Presidential oath of office, I wrote that it was "The Highpoint of the Obama Presidency," and I see no reason not to say just about the same thing about the Biden … [Read more...] about The Highpoint of the Biden Presidency

The Vaccine Rollout is OK

January 5, 2021 By Mark Draughn Leave a Comment

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has been a lot slower than hoped. Health authorities predicted that about 20 million Americans would receive their first dose by the end of 2020, but here we are, five days after that, and the official numbers say that only 15.4 million doses have been distributed and, more importantly, only 4.6 million people have received the initial dose of the … [Read more...] about The Vaccine Rollout is OK

2020: Lessons Learned

December 31, 2020 By Mark Draughn 1 Comment

2020 has been an awful year, not least because years are arbitrary divisions of passing time, so there's no guarantee the awfulness will end just because the year has. Nevertheless, I learned some important lessons this year. In the interest of brevity, I'm going to boil it down to just three main points: One about the pandemic, one about Trump, and one about myself.The … [Read more...] about 2020: Lessons Learned

The Danish mask study and the evidence for community masking

December 10, 2020 By Mark Draughn Leave a Comment

You may have heard about a Danish study that supposedly showed that wearing a mask doesn't protect you against Covid-19. Since I just wrote a whole series of posts on how to protect yourself and others with masks, I want to address that study and how it affects my thinking about masking. (Short answer: It doesn't change anything.)Before doing that, I need to set some … [Read more...] about The Danish mask study and the evidence for community masking

Windy’s Guide to Masks – Part 4: Mask Use and Care

November 20, 2020 By Mark Draughn Leave a Comment

This is the fourth and final part of my four part guide to Covid masks. In Part 1, I introduced some concepts and explained the limits to my knowledge, in Part 2, I went over some basic information about masks, and in Part 3, I went into some detail about buying masks. In this part, I'll talk about a few alternative masks, and I'll go over some basic mask care.As I said … [Read more...] about Windy’s Guide to Masks – Part 4: Mask Use and Care

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