August 8, 2023 Is it a surge or an uptick? A brief blip on the radar or—like thicker-than-normal corn husks, halos around the moon, and other folklore—an omen of a hard winter ahead? Whatever it's called, we're seeing an increase in Covid. The CDC doesn't track cases anymore but reports other metrics are rising, including… Continue reading You don’t want to read this, but…
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A pandemic diary: Jerks gone wild
February 3, 2023 I know this isn't pleasant, but let's travel back to the early days of the pandemic for a minute. You see the headline, "GOP tries to harness anger over Covid," and think it's about the wildfire spread of the virus, the chaos, and the dying. Not quite. That article appeared on Groundhog… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Jerks gone wild
Gazing through the gloom
December 10, 2022 It seems it's been this way forever, foggy mornings and soggy days in various hues of grey, with only fleeting patches of blue. Since we're still on the darkening side of the winter solstice, the cloud cover accelerates the early dimming of light. The mercury is unseasonably high even for the South… Continue reading Gazing through the gloom
A pandemic diary: The long road
September 13, 2022 Photo by Andrew Neel on Pexels.com. (That's not me; I'm fine.) You had Covid and it wasn't much more than a cold. Or maybe you spent a couple of days in bed but were soon back at work, the gym, and the pub. Only now you're badly fatigued, short of breath, and… Continue reading A pandemic diary: The long road
A pandemic diary: Last call
May 18, 2022 Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com Booster number two is in. Unlike the other shots, this one brought no particular sense of relief, hope, or civic duty. Instead, I had short-lived but tangible side effects: a sudden lethargy and weariness in my bones, which sums up how I feel about the pandemic in… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Last call
A pandemic diary: Minority report
April 27, 2022 I'm a straight white guy, yet belong to what may be the biggest minority group in the country: those who've never been infected with the coronavirus. According to new data based on tens of thousands of blood samples, almost 60 percent of us have caught Covid at least once. That figure is… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Minority report