The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    oh. my. god. proof how bad things really are.

    By artappraiser on Tue, 03/17/2020 - 9:19pm |

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    by artappraiser on Tue, 03/17/2020 - 9:44pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 12:43am

    The Scaramouche:


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 12:48am

    Unemployment claims, MN, OH, PA:


    by artappraiser on Tue, 03/17/2020 - 11:58pm

    Megan McArdle:

     


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 12:52am

    It's so bad Fox News is reversing itself:


    by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 2:21pm

    Good point; no need for social distancing for 18 mos. if everyone was tested. Even better if it was eventually cheap enough to test whether symptomatic or not:

    If we get a testing-and-tracking regime in place we can mostly or completely abandon social distancing. Social distancing and shutdowns and lockdowns are temporary measures to get a suppression (testing-and-tracking) regime in place.

    — We need 70k tests a day (@Noahpinion) March 18, 2020

     


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 1:44am

    Again: a future of cheap universal testing and treatment for positives, it's a meme:

    We might never have a novel Coronavirus vaccine (we don't for other Coronaviruses like the one that causes colds).

    But it seems inevitable that testing will eventually mature into something cheap or even OTC (like pregnancy testing), and we'll get very aggressive about it. https://t.co/xeeEC0j39i

    — Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) March 18, 2020

    Combine that with effective treatment, and perhaps we're not all in quarantine for 18 months.

    An Australian group claims a HIV antiviral and chloroquine (two avenues supported by early Chinese research) are effective in treatment.https://t.co/dMrTbRikLU

    — Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) March 18, 2020

    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 10:53am

    Important thread from Trevor Bedford. Long term mitigation depends on surveillance at massive scale and case-based strategies. If we can couple to an antiviral for advanced disease and antibody prophylaxis for highest risk we can manage life with #COVID19 until we have a vaccine. https://t.co/xVOR7YttGh

    — Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) March 19, 2020

    We must develop tools for this fight: 1. Point of care diagnostics for rapid identification 2. Antibody that could be prophylaxis for healthcare workers, those at greatest risk 3. Massive sentinel surveillance program 4. Direct acting antiviral drug for treating advanced disease

    — Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) March 19, 2020

     


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 2:15am

    but it can be handled, we can do this:


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 4:01pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 4:58pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 5:49pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 6:25pm

    Could Kentucky and Tennessee be turned into one state with one senator? Tenntucky?


    by NCD on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 7:47pm

    Randia. With state motto: Live Free AND Die


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 8:08pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 7:17pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 9:01pm

    from another thread of tweets about the lack of facemasks in the U.S.


    BUT BUT BUT he wore BLACKFACE!


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 1:50am

    Trial by fire for our modern times: an inappropriately tinted facemask, a culturally appropriated facemask, or likely Coronavirus infection - which do you choose?


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 5:30pm

    perfect enemy of good writ large wink


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 5:39pm


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 1:59am

    The next nightmare: drug shortage on the horizon:


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 2:06am


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 2:21am

    From the health care reporter for The Hill:


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 3:21pm

    Cavaet to all Americans: do not trust anything the man in the front of the curtain says as the actual reality of any situation or fact:  FDA disputes Trump's statement on the use of Chloroquine to combat COVID-19 Coronavirus  1 hour ago


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 5:15pm


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 5:35pm


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 5:38pm

    Oh no please no,someone argue different, that legally we NYC denizens are not prisoners of De Blasio:

    Gov. Cuomo please please don't abandon us with him! PLEASE!


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 7:05pm


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 7:47pm

    speaking of god, just caught this retweeted by Ken White, aka "popehat"

    Fun fact for non-lawyers: a significant number of commercial contracts suspend obligations that cannot be met due to an “act of God.” This is a real thing. I am not making it up. And we’re going to be fighting in courts for the next decade over whether a virus is an act of God.

    — Ryan Clinton (@ryanclinton) March 19, 2020

    Edit to add what Ken White just added:

     


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 8:31pm

    1) God does not exist - Nietszche killed him
    2) But if he did, even he would need a bailout about now.


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 03/20/2020 - 5:17am

    this is a very interesting comment in that his self-description is accurate, I checked his feed, definitely conservative:


    by artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 8:38pm