Suppression Measures v. Growing Naturally Acquired Immunity: The COVID Tug-of-War Until There Is Vaccine

A global pandemic is as complicated a natural phenomenon as there is.  And trying to sort through the data (much of which is crap) during the pandemic is fog-of-war stuff at its densest.  But I believe that we are going to be in a period between now and when a vaccine is released where two [...]

Texas COVID Stats – CDC Weeks 37 & 38

The stats for the COVID outbreak in Texas improved for the last two weeks (ending September 19).  However, Texas continues to struggle with its testing/new case data. Hospitalizations I am going to begin with the hospitalizations data because as I have previously discussed, I have become convinced this is the most reliable metric to judge [...]

Get the Flu Shot!

Those of you that have regularly read my posts over the years, know that I am normally very tolerant of differing views.  I have found very few issues for which there are not two sides.  But I am adamant on this point today – it is imperative that you get the flu shot this year. […]