Category: Covid Contemplations

I was at Home Depot this morning, walking to the restroom.  Ahead of me, about halfway down the lighting aisle, with lamps hanging overhead, was an older lady with short silvery hair, pushing her cart.  Our eyes met; she gave a welcoming smile.  I smiled back.  We passed each other, and I continued on my way, a good feeling in my chest.  Then it occurred to me: neither one of us was wearing...

I enjoy performing music for people. One of the most difficult parts of the covid pandemic was the drying up of all the venues where I performed and collaborated musically. In spring 2021, opportunities finally opened up at the local retirement community, where I had often performed in the past. I was, however, not adequately informed of the nuances of their masking policy for outside...

Four families that I am familiar with took a road trip together and stayed in an airbnb for about a week. Just before the start of their journey, one male adult had just been diagnosed with covid — he had symptoms and positive PCR test. These are the results. Family 12 adults, 4 minorsCovid Stats: no prior covid infections, no covid vaccinationsResults: 1 adult from this family was diagnosed...

I'm not a statitician -- and my college education did not require a statistics class. I always had a knack with math, and this should be easy to follow. In the Stage 3 Clinical Trial for the Pfizer vaccine in children ages 12-15 there were originally 1,127 participants. One participant, a 12 year old girl, became paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the vaccine. That means, in kids ages...

Recently I was asked: "When does social distancing become ostracizing?" "Become ostracizing" encompasses two things(1) the ostracizing action taken by one group that excludes another(2) the feeling of ostracization by the individual(s)/group being excluded "Social distancing" encompasses keeping one's physical distance from all who are not in one's own household. At first, it feels awkward...

Covid is (most likely) a lab-created virus.  It (most likely) came about because of gain-of-function research on the SARS virus.  It is unknown whether it was accidentally or deliberately released.For most people under age 70 with no comorbidities, Covid infection appears as a cold or mild flu-like symptoms.  Some get infected with the virus and shrug it off with no perceptible...

Regarding masking...I have had to do a lot of things with a mask.  Teaching all day would be a pain, but 1 hour is not a big deal.   My frustration with masking is not whether or not I wear a mask.  It is this: I find it unethical to insist in a given situation that one group be given a green light for unmasking, while another group is compelled to mask.  This is, on its face,...