Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Oh sure, I could do that. But coming up with the test itself, that's what blows me away.

 

The reason I went to X-Ray school instead of Respiratory Therapy was the biochem. High school chem was not fun for me.

I chose radiation physics over biochem. Go figure.

 

There's a better chance of me understanding something from that realm than there is of me understanding how/why that tetrahedron (e.g., a carbon atom's bonding ... pattern?) works this way in this situation but that way in that situation.

Which is similarly bizarre because I'm all over probability!

 

Dammit, COVID is getting closer to my world, my buddy just told me his dad just died from COVID-19 (he was over 80 and recovering from a broken leg in a rehab facility in NY).

 

So sorry to hear. Doesn't matter the age, that still hurts to lose someone like that. Many sympathetic vibes to your friend's family.

 

Yep. Age doesn't matter. Neither does possible pre-existing conditions . I'm so sorry for your buddy.

 

My boss’ husband just tested positive.
A co-worker’s fiancé just tested positive.
Another co-worker told me he found out yesterday that he’d been exposed on NYE and was gonna take a test today.

It’s getting much worse before it’s getting better.

 

My immediate family has gotten through this unscathed. At the same time several co-workers have been sick, four co-workers have lost parents, and I just learned this week that a cousin was the first recorded COVID death in Colorado. (We were not close - hadn't seen her in decades. Ironically, she was a retired infectious diseases nurse.)

The fact that people still treat it so lightly is just so strange to me.

 

I feel like framing this.

 

Yeah. It’s just the flu. Anybody who thinks it’s serious is just a Coronabro who hates footbawwwl. Fuck you, Trumpists. I watched my dad fade away over seven years, ultimately relieved that he died before he could forget who I was.
And if initial fears prove accurate, hundreds of thousands of people will eventually experience dementia because Trumpists refused to wear a mask.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...8caf18-4cc9-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html

 

So, New York magazine.

On the Cover of New York Magazine: The Lab-Leak Hypothesis

Given the seriousness and sensitivity of the subject matter (among the effects of the politicization of the disease has been the bullying and harassment of Asian Americans), New York’s fact-checking team spent a month vetting the story; additionally, Baker and the magazine shared drafts of the essay with multiple scientists, including two molecular biologists who believe that SARS-CoV-2 is a zoonotic virus, who all provided critical feedback to help ensure the accuracy of the work.

There's a journalism discussion to be had here. This didn't appear on some rando's Medium page, or unvetted at Substack.

Presumably, New York magazine has a lot at stake in publishing this.

Was it right to do so?