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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (13): Four Suggestions by Irfan Khawaja
An interesting approach from India (ht: Fawad Zakariya): https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/railways-readying-5000-coaches-as-isolation-wards/article31209627.ece LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Coronavirus Diary (23): “A Disdain for Science”
A plea from my sister-in-law, Jessica Franklin, MD, of Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey. She posted this on Facebook, and was reluctant to have it posted publicly, describing it as more a “frustrated, heart-broken rant than a reasoned opinion.” But there’s been no paucity of reasoned opinions at this point. Every other commenter on…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (22): “I Don’t Know What I Can Do to Save People Anymore…” by Irfan Khawaja
A putatively intelligent Facebook friend of mine is promoting this video, in all seriousness, as a skeptical corrective to what he thinks of mainstream reporting on front-line realities during this crisis (not that the video of the nurse above is ̶…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (22): “I Don’t Know What I Can Do to Save People Anymore…” by Irfan Khawaja
Highly relevant articles in today’s New York Times: I’m just hurriedly writing this between (online) classes I’m teaching; will respond to LV at the end of the workday, but basically, I agree with Michael’s comment above. More…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (13): Four Suggestions by Irfan Khawaja
This suggestion is generally on target. It’s compatible with my “dorm re-purposing” idea, and might be done simultaneously with it. I’ve so far tried to bring my dorm re-purposing idea to the attention of New Jersey’s com…
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(Policy of Truth) It Tolls for Thee
PERCHANCE he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill as that he knows not it tolls for him. –John Donne, Meditation XVII
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (22): “I Don’t Know What I Can Do to Save People Anymore…” by mlyoung57
In reply to Loquitur Veritatem. I certainly hope this is right, LV. However, your being right is consistent with what this nurse is going through happening at many hot-spots around the country. There is an immediate problem, and not a small one, to g…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (22): “I Don’t Know What I Can Do to Save People Anymore…” by Loquitur Veritatem
In reply to Loquitur Veritatem. “Coping” should be “copying”. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (22): “I Don’t Know What I Can Do to Save People Anymore…” by Loquitur Veritatem
In reply to Loquitur Veritatem. P.S. Because I could later edit the post at my blog, I will document the (data-driven) prediction here by coping it from my blog post as I published it today (03/29/20): Assuming that lockdowns, quarantines, and social d…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (22): “I Don’t Know What I Can Do to Save People Anymore…” by Loquitur Veritatem
Mark my prediction, made this day, and recorded here: https://politicsandprosperity.com/2020/03/29/covid-19-update/ LikeLike
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