July 30, 2026 Below is a short story I wrote six years ago in the hellish early months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although it's fiction, I believe it captures that moment and the mindset of the deniers who were already up in arms about restrictions. Those times are worth remembering in the wake of Senate… Continue reading A pandemic diary revisited
Category: Pandemic diary
You don’t want to read this, but…
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…
May daze
May 2, 2023 I remember this (Photo by Rodrigo Burgos S. on Pexels.com) A place I didn't expect to be this week: at the drugstore for a second round of updated Covid booster, which the CDC recommends if you're over 65 or have a weakened immune system. Their guidance has at times been confusing, premature,… Continue reading May daze
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
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: 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