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Written By: lprent - Date published: 10:43 pm, January 11th, 2021 - 22 comments In September there was a 18 hour flight Dubai that ended in Auckland. A relatively close group on that plane showed infection after arrival, and a genetically similar version. The evidence of in-flight infection is very strong and points to the on-going issues with shipping virus hosts around the world. This has some pretty strong implications for long-haul flights in particular. But also t...

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Written By: lprent - Date published: 8:54 am, January 11th, 2021 - 21 comments Reading the effect of the Wednesday riot at the US Congress has been interesting. The Trump position has as usual been as infantile and self-adsorbed as all of his disaster of a presidency has been. The Republican politicians have been been more nuanced. But it looks to me like they would like to not rely on cheeseburgers to stop Donald Trump running again in 2024.

In a world with new rules, there are more rule-breakers By Livia Albeck-Ripka New York Times,Updated December 10, 2020, 1:18 a.m. Email to a Friend The Plaza Duomo during lockdown restrictions in Milan.ALESSANDRO GRASSANI/NYT One man left the house after an argument with his wife and walked 280 miles to cool off, breaching Italy’s national curfew. Another man wandered outside his quarantine room in Taiwan for eight seconds and caught the attention of authorities. Still another drove 19 miles for a butter chicken curry during a strict lockdown and was apprehended by Australian police. All...

WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) - One man left the house after an argument with his wife and walked 450km to cool off, breaching Italy's national curfew. Another man wandered outside his quarantine room in Taiwan for eight seconds and caught the attention of the authorities. Still another drove 30km for a butter chicken curry during a strict lockdown and was apprehended by Australian police. All those actions ended up costing them thousands of dollars in penalties. During the global pandemic, with entire cities locked down, travel heavily restricted and isolation fatigue setting in, thousands of peopl...