MIT COVID19 Challenge - Beat the Pandemic Friday, April 3 at 6:00pm - Sunday, April 5 Online RSVP at https://covid19challenge.mit.edu We invite you to attend the MIT COVID-19 Challenge event, Beat the Pandemic, a series of virtual … [Read more...]
Warren’s Moment This Week Was Our Moment
All along, we have been able to see how blessed we are in Massachusetts to have a United States senator like Elizabeth Warren. But this week, she out did herself. With a two TRILLION dollar rescue package looming, earlier in the week it … [Read more...]
The GOP Death Cult comes out into the open
I've talked about the GOP suicide cult in the context of climate change, the denial of a grave and imminent danger that leads to catastrophe for all of us. The coronavirus pandemic has shown a telescoping of this pattern, condensed into … [Read more...]
Finally a “stay at home” order for “non-essentials”
Our governor yesterday issued a "stay at home" advisory, which apparently is just short of a "shelter-in-place" order ... or not. On Sunday he made a vague comment on the possible side-effects of such an edict, perhaps referring to the … [Read more...]
We’re locked in a room with a maniac.
I do not listen to the press conferences with Trump. I hear about the fallout afterwards. Perhaps it's best to ignore him, save our outrage, and give a signal boost only to correct misinformation. (Rachel Maddow had a good segment on this.) … [Read more...]
Crowd Sourcing Solutions to COVID19
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763590 The editors of JAMA recognize the challenges, concerns, and frustration about the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) that is affecting the care of patients and safety … [Read more...]
The Front Line Waits Helplessly for Decimation
Just now, March 23, 2020, a retired captain in the US military on C-SPAN suggested that healthcare workers should REFUSE TO TREAT PATIENTS. Is it going to take something like this for people to wake up and demand that the 'president' in … [Read more...]
The lesson from Churchill we are ignoring
In response to a recent post. Winston Churchill prefaced each of the five volumes of his account of the Second World War with what he called the "Theme of the Volume." The theme of the first volume, The Gathering Storm, is as … [Read more...]
Lessons from Churchill
Reading a timely book on Churchill’s leadership during the Blitz. Some qualities of leadership he demonstrated included honesty, thinking ahead, and asking for help. His speeches were always based on facts. When they were losing the war, he … [Read more...]
Earning and displaying a “Verdant C” — Antibody testing for COVID-19
A wave of new antibody tests for COVID-19 are expected to follow from research like "New blood tests for antibodies could show true scale of coronavirus pandemic", published today in Science. This is exceedingly good news. From the piece … [Read more...]
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