by Jeffrey K. Walker | Apr 25, 2021 | Blog, Coronavirus Journal |
I’ve been seeing a new riff on COVID immunity from Vaccine Refuseniks the last few weeks. It’s a peculiarly uninformed notion that herd immunity is only achieved when 70% of the population has been infected. The obvious extension? We should end all... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Dec 20, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus Journal |
It’s been an extraordinary few days. Not one, but two COVID vaccines approved and shipped. It’s been one year since doctors identified an odd pneumonia-like illness in China. And now there is a vaccine going into health workers’ arms. In. Twelve.... by Jeffrey K. Walker | May 10, 2020 | Blog, Learning from Other Countries |
I first published this post in June 2017, during one of the endless debates about repealing Obamacare. These issues have become vastly more urgent today, in the midst of a global pandemic in which the USA leads the world in both infections and deaths. Given the fact... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Apr 12, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus Journal |
[The USA just surpassed Italy and China with the most COVID-19 deaths in the world. Not the kind of “winning” the Current Occupant of the White House has in mind, I assume. Meanwhile, I’ll keep trying to find some Yucks in the Time of Corona. As always, thanks for... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Apr 5, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus Journal |
[It’s bad and getting worse, we all know that now. News out of New Orleans this week that Ellis Marsalis, Jr., the piano player, teacher, and patriarch of an amazing family of jazz musicians that includes sons Wynton and Branford, was taken by COVID-19. I can’t...
