Downgrading the CDC's guidance

 Last Update: Saturday 7/25/21

The CDC continues to exacerbate confusion in the final phases of the pandemic. For example, in March 2021, two months into the Biden administration's intensive campaign to administer one to three million vaccine doses every day, the director of the CDC, a Biden appointee, proclaimed that she feared that our nation faced "impending doom" ... whereas common sense anticipated a decline in infections and a precipitous drop in COVID-related deaths given that rigorous double blind clinical trials had shown the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines were 95 percent effective in preventing infections and almost 100 percent effective in preventing deaths

Is the Delta variant making masks less effective, but more significant?

 Last update: Saturday 7/17/21

Wearing masks reduces the spread of the coronavirus through unvaccinated communities, but by how much? Rigorous clinical trials showed that the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines were 95% effective. Unfortunately there are no reliable estimates of the effectiveness of masks. So why do sensible people wear masks? Common sense suggests two reasons: (1) our prior personal experience with colds and the flu, and (2) our desire to use our masks to provide visible reminders to others that COVID is still a threat in some local communities. The highly contagious Delta virus (and more lethal variants yet to come) may render our prior experience less relevant, but will underscore the value of our masks as reminders.

The pandemic is almost over according to our major media, but for whom?

Last update: Sunday 7/18/21

The coverage of the pandemic by major media is down to a small fraction of what it was just a few months ago, this being their not too subtle declaration that the pandemic is almost over so they have more important news to cover. Yes, it's almost over for most of us, but by no means all of us. The percentage of the U.S. adult population that was received at least one dose of vaccine was about 68% on 7/16/21 according to the CDC, leaving about one third of our population unvaccinated.

A tale of two Fauci's -- Part 3 (Explanation)

 Last update: Sunday 7/11/21

Editor's caveat -- Readers are strongly advised to read Part 1 and Part 2 of this trio of notes before reading Part 3.

This final leg of the triad provides a logical explanation for why "Dr. Fauci" repeatedly claimed that some of the most important task force/CDC guidelines were based on science, rather than admit that they were judgement calls made in the fog of our war against the coronavirus.

A tale of two Fauci's -- Part 2 ("Dr. Fauci")

Last update: Tuesday 7/6/21 

Editor's caveat -- Readers are strongly advised to read Part 1 of this pair of notes before reading the following Part 2.

Spoiler alert -- Part 2 will reveal that "Dr. Fauci" is really Dr. Fauci.