Well, folks, I can’t say I’ve heard anything very heartening about the coronavirus. “Mild” cases often involve pneumonia. (That’s mild? Really?) Recovered patients, even from “mild” cases, sometimes show lung damage that’s likely permanent. It’s too early to know about COVID-19 yet, but many of the other coronaviruses don’t give lifetime immunity. More like a year, maybe less. Read more...

Joke 1

A man fell off the Empire State Building. As he passed the thirtieth floor, he shouted, “So far, so good!”

Joke 2

The kids were pretending they were a band. They marched around the kitchen beating pots and pans with ladles and wooden spoons.

After a while, one kid said, “I wish Mom would stop us. This noise is killing me!” Read more...

I’m going to tell you how the coronavirus is going to disrupt your grocery-shopping and food-eating experience.

“So, Robert,” you ask, “exactly how is this going to disrupt those things?”Actually, I don’t know. Neither does anybody. Sorta my point, really.

And this advice holds true for any disaster, not just the current one. Read more...

Lots of people can’t interpret a graph to save their lives, which is a shame, because that’s what it’s coming down to. But I can teach you how in just a few minutes. I’ll throw in figuring out which alleged experts to trust as a free bonus.

They’d Rather Lose a Kidney Than Say, “I Don’t Know”

The first thing to understand is that most people would rather lose a kidney than say, “I don’t know.” (Why? I don’t know.) This goes double for so-called leaders and experts.  When something unexpected happens and they don’t know what’s going on, they blow smoke. They instantly believe the smoke they blew. It takes a long time for the truth to seep into their brains, and even longer for them to admit it publicly. It’s a human thing. Read more...