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2020-05-28T10:05:42-05:00

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On Police Brutality, Civil Unrest, and Resisting Simplified Narratives

Last updated on: May 28, 2020 at 10:05 am By Jennifer Fitz

Last night during the protesting and looting in Minneapolis, I viewed a few of the videos and read a fair number of the live reports of what was happening. If I were to summarize the situation as I perceived it, it would be this: Quite a few peaceful citizens were out assembling in protest, as is their constitutional right, and as they well should have been doing, in light of the recent egregious police brutality that needs to have ended... Read more

2020-05-19T15:17:47-05:00

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R.R. Reno Does the Right Thing

Last updated on: May 19, 2020 at 3:17 pm By Jennifer Fitz

Quick update on my post from the other day: R.R. Reno issued a formal apology for his Twitter comments impugning the motives of mask-users: I regret my foolish and ill-considered remarks about masks and mask wearing on Twitter on Tuesday, May 12. Masks are clearly indicated in many situations. I used over-heated rhetoric and false analogies. It was wrong for me to impugn the intentions and motives of others, for which I apologize. While it would be easy to... Read more

2020-05-14T07:49:46-05:00

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Unmasking False Dichotomies

Last updated on: May 14, 2020 at 7:49 am By Jennifer Fitz

As I mentioned the other day, I & mine are doing fine this coronatide, other than a sturdy dose of ordinary life, though I suppose my suddenly becoming a conversational twitterist is right up there with sourdough (check) as a sign of just how precarious our sanity is around here. As a result of this plunge into madness, I find myself now having to do the previously unthinkable and point out that RR Reno has lost his logic. Quotes from... Read more

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2020-04-02T09:19:14-05:00

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Public Health Logic vs. #MasksForAll

Last updated on: April 2, 2020 at 9:19 am By Jennifer Fitz

I’m not an epidemiologist, but I do sometimes teach logic. So check out this bit of public health polemic from CIDRAP: There is some evidence that surgical masks can be effective at reducing overall particle emission from patients who have multidrug-resistant tuberculosis,36 cystic fibrosis,34 and influenza.33 The latter found surgical masks decreased emission of large particles (larger than 5 µm) by 25-fold and small particles by threefold from flu-infected patients.33 Sung37 found a 43% reduction in respiratory viral infections in stem-cell patients when everyone, including... Read more

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2020-03-23T15:56:00-05:00

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Flattening the Curve vs. Flattening the Economy

Last updated on: March 23, 2020 at 3:56 pm By Jennifer Fitz

In response to a popular piece on the economic devastation of “flattening the curve” my friend Scott Reeves issued a challenge to me: Jen, I think you’re wrong. Check us off on the test of true friendship, and then read Scott’s thoughtful challenge to the Church, which is pertinent to anyone who opposes the flattening of the faith. Meanwhile, as an Armchair Junior Economist, with the weight such a position entails, here are some quick thoughts on what I think... Read more

2020-03-19T09:28:22-05:00

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At Least Half of American Adults are High-Risk for COVID-19 Death

Last updated on: March 19, 2020 at 9:28 am By Jennifer Fitz

Friends are circulating this article from Bloomberg, which for some reason is supposed to be reassuring, “99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says.” In the sampling of cases, Bloomberg reports that of those who died: More than 75% had high blood pressure, about 35% had diabetes and a third suffered from heart disease. So what does that mean for American readers? The CDC estimates that 13% of Americans have diabetes. Concerning high blood pressure, from... Read more

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2020-03-15T13:44:27-05:00

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Common Sense Diagnoses

Last updated on: March 15, 2020 at 1:44 pm By Jennifer Fitz

I’m not a physician and I’m not an epidemiologist, but I do sometimes teach logic. I am seeing stories come in from various US states of people who should not be in ICU ending up in ICU for a mysterious respiratory ailment. It tests negative for the flu and the like, it presents as if it might be COVID-19, but since testing is very limited, COVID-19 status cannot be known one way or another. So let’s think through this: Either we... Read more

2020-03-10T12:30:15-05:00

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I’m No Socialist But . . .

Last updated on: March 10, 2020 at 12:30 pm By Jennifer Fitz

. . . Yasha Mounk at The Atlantic is correct: When the coronavirus first spread to South Korea, many observers pointed to the comparatively low death rates in the country to justify undue optimism. In countries with highly developed medical systems, they claimed, a smaller portion of patients would die. But while more than half of all diagnosed patients in China have now been cured, most South Korean patients are still in the throes of the disease. Of 7,478 confirmed cases, only... Read more

2020-03-09T19:04:48-05:00

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Driving Off the Cliff with Your Seatbelt On

Last updated on: March 9, 2020 at 7:04 pm By Jennifer Fitz

The selective caution of American public health officials is a tragicomedy. If you’re on a cruise ship or just got back from Italy and happen to grab the attention of the right folk, we take dramatic steps to prove we are Doing Something. Massive outrage if the chosen victim does not abide to strict quarantine. Otherwise, it’s see-no-evil. Community-transmission cases among the elderly in small-town South Carolina? Oh, gosh, I don’t know, maaaybeeeee there kinda could be sorta possibly other people with... Read more

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2020-03-06T15:20:11-05:00

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Alternatives to School Closures

Last updated on: March 6, 2020 at 3:20 pm By Jennifer Fitz

As the US starts feeling the impact of our still-unmeasured coronavirus situation, public health authorities and school districts have to decide what to do about all our darling disease-vectors crammed together in the classroom each day. Something to consider: How about making schools more school-from-home compatible? Having done both, I know very well that classroom teaching and homeschooling are completely different from one another. The textbooks and lesson plans are not the same, and it’s rather a pain to teach... Read more

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