Tag: Kevin Roche

Can we finally acknowledge masks are pointless

By Kevin Roche If we should have learned anything from the epidemic, it is that most of the tactics that supposedly would suppress the virus–school and business closures, plastic barriers, social distancing and masking; made no impact on spread in…

The COVID-19 epidemic is winding down, or is it?

woman holding a poster with anxiety

By Kevin Roche I can tell people just want this to be over.  The new administration and its co-conspirators among the state governments have every incentive to minimize the epidemic and be able to claim victory, so death counters are…

A head full of coronavirus research, part 92

doctor graphic with magnifying glass

By Kevin Roche Well, so far in Florida, people seem to be going about their daily lives fairly normally. Appalachicola, which is a cute little tourist town, and Port St. Joe, were quite busy. A lot of virus refugees looking…

School closings and lockdowns

Elementary school children

By Kevin Roche The first paper deals with schools and their role in transmission and was published in the journal Pediatrics. (Ped. Article) The study looked at 11 school districts in North Carolina which had been open for 9 weeks of…

Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Christmas Eve

By Kevin Roche It is Christmas week, and even for many non-Christians, this is a big holiday time.  It is the winter solstice, the time when the darkness begins to fade away and the light grows.  It is a time…