I asked ChatGPT: Which American aircraft carriers were reported as sunk by the Japanese armed forces in World War II, but showed up in the next battle to the great surprise of the Japanese?...
From a cultural, economic, and security point of view, I urge you to watch this interview with Peter Zeihan on The Joe Rogan Experience for a refreshingly honest assessment of what is happening in...
From The Economist: “IF YOU KEEP being stubborn, fail to repent and continue illegal activities, you will be brought to justice.” So read the warning that police in Wuhan issued to Li Wenliang early...
Dead: 81 Suspected Infected: 6,000 (This is a new official term, not used previously.) Mortality Rate: 81/6000 x 100 = 1.35% 1918 Spanish Flu Mortality Rate: 2.5% to 3.0%, although some credible historic estimates...
There are three key and missing data points that are needed to make a designation of the magnitude and cost of the World Health Organization declaring a Public Health Emergency of International concern. These...
The notion that the new nCoV virus that began weeks ago in a fish market in Wuhan, China near to the city’s main rail station can be contained is a cute notion. I’ve been...
I have quoted at length (below) an article that sums up the revised and updated and basic view inside the beltway on China, on both sides of the aisle. Of all the issues that...
China’s consistent reporting of H7N9 cases is to be applauded. The world is no doubt grateful. There seems to be little doubt that if and when H7N9 bird flu becomes able to be transmitted...
Here is the link to the NYT story. But first, for some context and background, read this from five days ago. And I also recommend reading today’s WSJ, which reports on a study published...
From TIME Magazine, via Yahoo, here are three key facts, quoted below: So far, the World Health Organization reports that 246 people, virtually all in China, have been infected with H7N9 since the virus...
This story, from Reuters out of China, has a few key points: “this virus is more easily transmissible from poultry to humans than H5N1” “one problem in tracking H7N9 is the absence of visible...