Category Archives: coronavirus

Science Of COVID Misinformation And Dumb-Ass Conspiracy Theories

January 23, 2021

(Illustration:  Woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, ‘The Great Wave,’ found here). In human behavior it seems, accepting belief in a nut-job conspiracy theory and handling COVID-19 misinformation are two distinct dumb-ass positions.…

Day One Of ‘Square One’

January 21, 2021

Yesterday was one of those watershed-type days. Personally, I received an excellent follow-up medical review at UC Davis off my cancer surgery more than two years ago (next exam in a year), and nationally, Joe…

US COVID Vaccine Roll-Out Not The Worst, But Still Terrible

January 19, 2021

By this rime tomorrow, we’ll be in a brand-new timeframe, hopefully similar like before-timeframe, like Before Times, like before the T-Rump shit on the country. If only we could erase memory (Republicans will indeed practice…

Cleaning The White House After T-Rump Leaves A Major Undertaking: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Before’

January 17, 2021

Sunny and warm this near-midday Sunday in California’s Central Valley, surfing the InterWebs, though, not shockingly there’s a whole lot of shitty shit from all over and from just about every direction — COVID-19 still…

Rep. Coleman Tests Positive For COVID — Probably Got It From Maskless GOPers During Riot

January 11, 2021

Beyond the insurrectional riot at the nation’s Capitol last Wednesday, a major concern is the pandemic and the mass of maskless assholes both coming from outside the building, but also from Republican Congresscritters who in…

US Capitol Riot Maybe A COVID-19 Superspreader Event

January 7, 2021

Consequences off the terrible T-Rump-induced rumble/riot yesterday at/in the nation’s Capitol carries not only grave democracy overtones, but also dire medical issues, like for instance, a surging-ass pandemic that’s spread by breathing on one another.…

T-Rump Not A Rose: ‘I want to do what Mexico does. They don’t give you a test till you get to the emergency room and you’re vomiting’

December 31, 2020

Fading sunshine outside this early-evening Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, the end of 2020 now just a few hours away. In the backyard, all quiet (Merced city traffic in the distance, the exception) but…