Mutations are actually less of an issues than you might think and are typical of viral infections in any case. The nice thing about mRNA vaccines is that they can be changed more quickly than traditional vaccines if necessary. Viz/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/coronavirus-britain-variant.html

(Written on 2020年 12月 25日)(Permalink)

Our hospitals are already at capacity or close to it. Not looking forward to January.

(Written on 2020年 12月 25日)(Permalink)

My wife and I were just talking about this. Once a vaccine becomes widely available, I would not be surprised to see airlines implement some system requiring vaccination status before you can board. For that matter, I wouldn't be surprised to see the EU and other nations implement a vaccination requirement for travelers, especially for travelers from places where the virus has been allowed to spread unimpeded (like, say, the USA and Brazil).

(Written on 2020年 11月 27日)(Permalink)

It's political because people like you prefer fake conspiracy narratives to science. There is zero evidence that "numbers are being manipulated," but you don't really need evidence do you?

(Written on 2020年 10月 30日)(Permalink)

Just a reminder that nobody has a Constitutional right to an airline ticket. I'm glad to see that the airlines are taking the health of their passengers seriously. Although, really, they don't have much choice; making your customers ill has never been an especially good business plan outside of the tobacco industry.

(Written on 2020年 09月 11日)(Permalink)

Just a reminder: an airline is a private corporation. When you buy a ticket, you agree to a list of "conditions of carriage." Yes, it's in small print and you probably ignored it, but that doesn't make it any less enforceable by the airline. And I agree that this particular incident looks like a case of somebody trying to attract attention to make a political point, which is probably not very considerate of the other passengers.

(Written on 2020年 08月 07日)(Permalink)

That's total rubbish. Here are some facts courtesy of the Mayo Clinic (although they're also available elsewhere):https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449 That said, there's certainly plenty of false information out there. As you have just demonstrated.

(Written on 2020年 07月 31日)(Permalink)

Today's winner of the Entitled Schmuck Award. Check out the story on Mediaite. This guy is a Trumpie trying to pass himself off as a "pundit" and get some clicks on his Instagram account and play the victim (as these guys love to do). He's probably hoping to make a buck from it somewhere along the line.

(Written on 2020年 07月 31日)(Permalink)

The "conservative" label has been hijacked by childish loudmouths like Harris who are not "conservative" by any sane definition of the term. I wonder where they learned that behavior? (:-)

(Written on 2020年 07月 31日)(Permalink)

Just read the article. It looks like the UV robot is being used in addition to other cleaning methods. The robot is apparently designed to deal with surfaces like seats and tray tables.

(Written on 2020年 07月 31日)(Permalink)