We Don’t Need a Stimulus
I admit I haven’t been closely following the progress of Biden’s pandemic stimulus bill in Congress, because the back-and-forth arguments exceeded my tolerance for tedium. Nevertheless, I don’t think a stimulus is what we need. Let me start by saying that what we need most from a pandemic relief bill is things that make the… Read more
Some Useful Sources of COVID-19 Data
Like many people, I’ve spend the past year trying to understand what’s happening with the pandemic, and I thought it might be useful to share some of my favorite websites for data on COVID-19 in the United States. CovidActNow If you want a one-stop snapshot of how the pandemic is going, start at CovidActNow. They… Read more
The Windypundit Immunity Model
Some of you may know that I tweet out COVID-19 statistics and commentary once a week. One of my goals with this blog — and by extension, my Twitter stream — is that no one should be stupider for having read it. Since I’m not a professional epidemiologist, I try not to get too far… Read more
A Few Word on Science and Public Policy
Blog regular Humble Talent commented on my post slagging Jack Marshall’s science skills, and he brings up some interesting points. Don’t get me wrong, science is important, and I’ll never say otherwise. But science is also slow. And we haven’t studied everything. Science is by it’s nature incomplete. And it seems like one side of… Read more
Jack Marshall – Science Dunce
Last year, I wrote my first Jack Marshall day post. I was writing too many posts in response to things that Jack Marshall said in his blog, Ethics Alarms, and wanted to cut back to preserve my sanity. My announced plan was to do just one post a year. Unfortunately that year was 2020, and… Read more
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