Monthly Archive: August 2022
About Me
I make a big deal about understanding the source and context of an opinion, so you might want to know a little about who I am and how that influences by opinions. The opinions I state here have nothing to…
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Old Journalistic Ethics vs. Social Media Screeds (updated below)
Back when I started in journalism (back in the era of print journalism), I was taught that every news story had to have some research, so it wasn’t just a repeat of what someone else had said. We were supposed…
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The COVID Masks

First responders have rules and protocols they need to follow in various situations. For respiratory pathogens (like tuberculosis, ebola, and COVID-19), the protocol was for the responder to don an N95 or better (or HEPA) mask and then place one…
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Share Your Craziest COVID Memories Here

I’ve just got the first copies of my book about the COVID response out, and it details a lot of the craziness and madness of the response — much of which has already been forgotten. In the book, I recount…
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