by Kevin Roche 2020 has been marked by a distinctive tendency toward mass delusion and hysteria relating to several events, including the epidemic. I think this pre-existing human tendency is greatly exacerbated by the ubiquity of social media and smartphones.…
by John Trump Raleigh, NC – This coronavirus isn’t going anywhere. It has burrowed deep into our communities, our hospitals, our psyches. It won’t magically disappear, despite all the wishing. The hoping and the dreaming. We’re hurting. In the eye…
By Kevin Roche This is my question of the day, amidst all the gnashing of teeth around the rise in cases in certain states. The initial strategy was close everything down and tell people to stay at home so that…
By Kevin Roche Some people are freaking out because more cases are being reported in some parts of the country. As I have explained in earlier posts, I don’t think this is anything to be excessively concerned about. Hospitalizations as…
By Kevin Roche A few weeks ago I wrote a post summarizing what I believed the science and data was telling us about the nature of the coronavirus epidemic. As research and data gathering continues apace, I thought it an…
by Julie Havlak Raleigh, NC – Gov. Roy Cooper encourages everyone to get a test for COVID-19, especially people who attended mass gatherings or protests. But medical providers are still catching up to new state recommendations, and online guidance from…
By Kevin Roche I must say it is discouraging to see so much bad science and bad interpretation of data being pushed for the obvious political reason of protecting those Governors who made horrendous, panicked decisions to shut down economies…
by Gene Galin Are Chatham County residents staying at home and practicing social distancing? For an answer we check in with the University of Maryland, which has been maintaining a COVID-19 Impact Analysis Platform page. For the period between May…
By Kevin Roche This post was begun several weeks ago, but halted to see if perhaps I was wrong about the course of the epidemic. It doesn’t appear that I have been. We will have to ask how we got…
Pittsboro, NC – Last week, Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order addressing the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, which noted that “COVID-19 disproportionately affects communities of color for several reasons, including existing social, environmental, and health…