My Papers? No, I Want To See Your Papers!
Some employers are drinking the Kool-Aid on requiring masks (or [...]
My dystopian dream
I had a dream last night. I was standing at a gas pump hearing that damned Orwellian "telescreen". It's not looking back at us quite yet, but then again, all you have to do is look up, left and then right to see three cameras pointed right at you. So what is the difference? Back to my dream. Listening to the news or some other such blather, I look up and notice a big red-colored billboard. It has a close-up of a young tan woman wearing a mask over her nose and mouth. The message in plain script says "Do the right thing, stay home!"
My current thoughts on COVID-19 and mass quarantines
I was at a meat market, a gun store and a hardware store yesterday and all of them seemed to have close to their average foot traffic. Life must go on. Based my most recent research and discussions with my docs here, I am starting to believe that these house arrest orders have little justification. When logic is applied to my own situation, the orders do not hold up.
MechMedic Sends: Covid-19 had us all fooled, but now we might have finally found its secret
Interesting point of view sent in by my friend and [...]
Historian Sends: A Pandemic Tale
I work at a hospital. Not as a doctor, to [...]
Ripper Sends: Why We Are Not Doing Enough To Stop the Pandemic (in Simple Math)
This is the second half of the articles Ripper sent [...]
Ripper Sends: The Sober Math Everyone Must Understand about the Pandemic
Ripper sent in the following link, originally posted at Medium [...]
Observations from my travels
Businesses through all of those states shutting down in chunks as daily updates and dictates come down from their respective state governments. Some businesses in Tennessee were remaining open due to a normally low amount of foot traffic, and at least a couple told me they'd remain open until they were forced to close.
5-MINUTE D.I.Y. ANTI-VIRUS FACE MASK
Here is a way to make an effective mask using common household materials in just a few minutes. You will need a wire coat hanger or similar pliable wire, tape, rubber bands and a paperclip to construct a mask frame that conforms very well to your face. Then you can use any type of cloth or paper that you have available that will work as the filter. In a pinch, several paper towels are a lot better than just breathing in an invisible droplet of spit and Coronavirus recently coughed out by a passerby.
Radio Contra Episode 16
Radio Contra Episode 16: I'm joined by MechMedic, [...]