Friday, July 24, 2020

What Is R0? Pronounced R Naught...Gauging Contagious Infections

What Is R0? Gauging Contagious Infections: R0 indicates how contagious a disease is. Learn how it works and the R0 values for various diseases.

Top 10 Excuses Offered For Not Wearing Masks Despite Covid-19 Coronavirus

Top 10 Excuses Offered For Not Wearing Masks Despite Covid-19 Coronavirus: The mask issue has unmasked some kind of political and cultural war, which should surprise basically no one in 2020.

Sunday, May 17, 2020

Saturday, May 2, 2020

KUOW - I can't stop touching people. Even now during coronavirus

KUOW - I can't stop touching people. Even now during coronavirus: Voices of the pandemic features people in the Seattle area who are on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.

Plexiglass Is Now a Booming Business | Marker

Plexiglass Is Now a Booming Business | Marker: Suddenly, plexiglass is everywhere. In March and April, grocery stores and drug stores rushed to install sneeze guards at registers to protect their workers and the public. Now, as businesses look to…

Monday, April 27, 2020

(102) Pinterest

(102) Pinterest: Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try.

Have you become a personal fact-checker to your family and friends?

Have you become a personal fact-checker to your family and friends?: The pandemic is an opportunity to expand media literacy among those who we love. It is also a chance to show that there is no magic in fact-checking. This job is much more about attention and perseverance

Covid-19 has blown apart the myth of Silicon Valley innovation | MIT Technology Review

Covid-19 has blown apart the myth of Silicon Valley innovation | MIT Technology Review: The frustration in Marc Andreessen’s post on our failure to prepare and respond competently to the coronavirus pandemic is palpable, and his diagnosis is adamant: “a failure of action, and specifically our widespread inability to ‘build.’” Why don’t we have vaccines and medicines, or even masks and ventilators? He writes: “We could have these things but we…