Category: health

Coronavirus Diary: April 27, 2020

For most of us, our understanding of this pandemic is constantly evolving, becoming just about a full time job.  This morning we can discuss a few items that have come to our recent attention.

First, some humor/truth from Brad Pitt/SNL:

Next, Netflix has a new episode of the __EXPLAINED series that should merit your viewing: “Coronavirus, Explained“.

And then we have this piece of analysis from The New Yorker, “Seattle’s Leaders Let Scientists Take The Lead.  New York’s Did Not“.  This is a fairly lengthy read that I would recommend you hear as professional voices take you through it via  the AudM app for your smartphone, or on the website itself.

Coronavirus Diary: April 24, 2020

On the matter of masks…  My formula today: two layers of T-shirt material between which is a chunk of blue shop towel material (alternatively, two pieces of standard paper towel).  See these research findings for some of the latest on the efficacy of various DIY mask ingredients.  Note to self: wear only with one of my black turtlenecks.

also see images from the Mask Study

Sneeze

To quote Manohla Dargis for the New York Times:

One of the world’s oldest films, “Sneeze,” is a gift that keeps on giving. Shot in 1894 and about as long as an achoo, it shows a mustachioed gent emitting a single sneeze, a kerchief clutched in one hand. The film was made by W.K.L. Dickson and the sneeze delivered by Fred Ott. Working in Thomas Edison’s New Jersey studio, they gave us the first celluloid sneeze, an open-mouth exhalation that was meant to be humorous but today seems ominous. Cover your mouth! I yelled when I looked at it again.