Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A really expert journo collects an awful lot of signal with very little added noise, even if the originals are…

Gotta disagree with this one. I used to be a physical chemist, and can spot David Roberts’ rare mistakes on…

From the “symptoms are mild in the young” file: https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/03/its-devastating-25-year-old-former-nj-lacrosse-player-in-coma-battling-coronavirus.html LikeLike

So I guess Jennifer is part of the “sewing army”: LikeLike

This “kill the elderly” (and by implication, “kill those with illnesses that predispose to disability or death from COVID-19”) trend seems to be getting worse, not better: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pundits-politicians-…

More information on Zoey Komninos, as of about 1 pm today, March 25th. https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/03/her-daughter-was-high-risk-now-she-has-coronavirus-and-is-in-a-coma.html LikeLike

[…] This is the the first of what I hope to be many installments in my “COVID-19 Narrative Project.”  […] LikeLike

If someone is infected with COVID-19, how likely is that person to die? We look closer at the metrics used to discuss mortality risk, and what we can and cannot say from the available data.