Editor’s Note: This post has been modified to indicate that the City Council voted down the ordinance 3-2. The Lafayette City Council recently voted down a mask ordinance for the city of Lafayette, Louisiana. I will try to enumerate what I see as the main issues at play and then Read more…
I came across a study indicating that Americans overestimate the proportion of covid-19 deaths for young people by an enormous amount (around a factor of 40). The question is why? One answer might be that a young victim is newsworthy and may get a write up while an older victim Read more…
Current numbers for the Acadiana region are 223 hospitalizations and 37 ventilators for covid-19 patients, down from a peak of 304 hospitalizations and 58 ventilators, which represent 27% and 36% declines. In the graph, the green line represents hospitalizations for covid-19 patients and the yellow line represents ventilator use for Read more…
Here are the basic reasons why I support the reopening of schools (in most situations in the United States, specifically in situations where a county or state’s hospitals are not overwhelmed) with good social distancing, masking, and hygiene procedures. 1. Children are among the least vulnerable to this virus. Most Read more…