“Since I Became Symptomatic” (essay)

https://twitter.com/emilyraboteau/status/1243516135485685763?s=20

Emily Raboteau (@emilyraboteau) Tweeted: Can we all pause to appreciate that @lsjamison has written yet another knockout landmark essay from a fever state in quarantine while suffering COVID-19, single parenting a toddler, and going through a painful divorce. Hats off to a great writer. https://t.co/hL36eXyRUC

So-called experts at Imperial College

https://twitter.com/AlexandraErin/status/1243239599125733379

I think we have had enough of experts.

«So-called experts at Imperial College told us to spray thousands of gallons of water directly into a burning building or not only would it be destroyed but the entire block, so we did. Now it turns out the burning building was only partially damaged, and the rest are fine?

So-called experts at Imperial College told us not to drink and drive, so we stayed sober at the party and then we drove home fine. Not a single accident! If we weren’t going to get into an accident, why did we bother staying sober? We need to get to the bottom of this scandal.»

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1243239599125733379.html

Americans’ Revulsion for Trump Is Underappreciated

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/the-democrats-dont-understand-their-own-strength/608611/

«The white working class forms 46 percent of registered voters; most are women. … In the midterms, Democrats ran on cutting prescription-drug costs, building infrastructure, and limiting the role of big money, and a portion of the white working class joined the revolt. The 13-point shift against Trump was three times stronger than the shift in the suburbs that got everyone’s attention.

Trump won white working-class women by 27 points in 2016. But at the end of 2019, Biden was running dead even with Trump nationally.»

Hong Kong appeared to have the coronavirus under control, then it let its guard down – CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/asia/hong-kong-coronavirus-quarantine-intl-hnk/

This whole thing’s just going to be a clown show from start to finish, isn’t it?

«As the sudden surge in cases in Hong Kong shows, quarantines and social distancing must continue well beyond the initial wave of cases, if another round of infections is to be avoided.»

Somebody else's problem (the djinn grants a wish)

https://twitter.com/howardtayler/status/1241943852732149760?s=20

I like this.

«Howard Tayler @howardtayler

“Every time you break isolation, someone will die,” said the djinn. “But it will be a person you do not know.”

“Harsh, but I have work to do,” said the man.

“Done,” said the djinn. “And good luck. I am granting this wish to ten thousand people who do not know YOU.”»