Time for a bit of a personal COVID epistemic update. To reiterate: I’m no expert, and while there’s no shortage of those, plenty of folks keep asking what I think. First, let me talk about the things it looks like I may have been wrong about. I’ve been pretty loudly claiming that the low-threshold herd immunity people are on to something. I think they still are, but I said early on that I’d seriously reevaluate their claims once we saw significant second-wave infections in places that were hard-hit initially. And now we have. First up was Spain: That alone is…
For the 3rd year in a row, Andrew and Kayleigh joined us for 4th of July weekend. Tacos are a great meal have during the hottest part of the summer (that’s when it’s hottest here in our part of Colorado), because they involve grilling outside. Also, ice-filed margaritas are also great during the hottest part of the summer. And so began our tradition of having a Mexican feast on the 4th of July, which we’ve taken to calling Cuatro de Julio. This year with the coronavirus, we decided to take the risk and combine our pods for the weekend. This…
My boss wants me to come back to work, but I haven’t been allowed to because no one can with any cold or flu symptoms. I’ve had a sore throat and a runny nose every morning. Maybe I always do and I have never really thought about much it. So my boss talked to the COO, and he told me he got a waiver yesterday for me to come back to work as long as my primary care provider doesn’t think I shouldn’t. Since I don’t know what my PCP thinks, I called my doctor’s office, but the phones were…