The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 18: China (Part 1)
April 7, 2020 11 Comments
The outrage grows more outrageous by the day. Round One of what China has done and is doing to the United States and the rest
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The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 17: How Are We Doing?
April 6, 2020 2 Comments
Today: Two kinds of masks and how to make one; Number of Americans with “flu-like symptoms” continues to fall; and we explain what “per capita”
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 16: Social Distancing is Working
April 5, 2020 5 Comments
We have paid, and continue to pay, a huge economic price for it, but new data from an unexpected source gives compelling evidence that social
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 15: The Immunity Syndrome
April 4, 2020 15 Comments
COVID-19 immunity is not just a biological issue. Very soon it is going to become a legal one as well.
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 14: Hoarding
April 3, 2020 33 Comments
Somewhere out there is a line between legitimate self interest and something that goes well beyond that. It’s not an easy line to define.
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 13: Morale
April 2, 2020 13 Comments
*** [UPDATE: I mistakenly identified the reporter in the embedded clip as Jake Tapper. The reporter in question is Jim Acosta. I apologize for the
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 12: The Case for Masks
April 1, 2020 2 Comments
It’s not that I was actually skeptical about the efficacy of regular cotton face masks; it’s just that I hadn’t seen the remarkable piece of
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 10: A Much, MUCH larger threat than COVID-19.
March 30, 2020 16 Comments
New York mayor Bill DeBlasio has ORDERED churches to close, threatening congregations with arrest and potential PERMANENT CLOSURE. As if he has that power.
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 9: A First Time for Everything
March 29, 2020 4 Comments
If this COVID-19 pandemic is the worst thing that happens to us in our lifetimes then we have an awful lot to be grateful for.
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 8: The Most Dangerous News
March 29, 2020 5 Comments
…is the news you really want to hear. Beware of opinion lock!
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 7: The War on Optimism
March 27, 2020 7 Comments
There is a difference between making the severity of a threat clear and immediate, versus cutting away from good news presented by the medical specialist
The Stratosphere Lounge Episode 249
March 27, 2020 4 Comments
Recorded live before a global audience on 03/26/20.
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 6: The Yellow Flag Economy
March 26, 2020 1 Comment
Scott Ott nailed the analogy: not only do we have to slow down; we are not allowed to PASS EACH OTHER.
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 5: Don’t Just Flatten the Curve: Raise the Bar.
March 25, 2020 3 Comments
All social distancing activity is designed to ‘flatten the curve’ to keep it under the bar of our intensive care capability. But this is actually a two-variable problem. Find out how we can raise the bar in Episode 5 of The CoronaSphere Lounge.
The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 4: The Two Timers
March 24, 2020 6 Comments
There’s the public health timer: the longer we keep social quarantine, the more lives we save. And there’s the economy timer: the longer that runs,
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