So there is a great book on COVID by Sebastian Rushworth which discusses the statistics at play as well as handles various subtopics such as "long COVID".
https://sebastianrushworth.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Covid-most-what-know-wrong-ebook/dp/B08YKJXRKF
And then there is "World War C" by Sanjay Gupta. While I was rather annoyed with him through 2020 and 2021, he did give a decent interview with Joe Rogan even if he showed his slimy side of working at CNN. Pretty sure that Rushworth has a better handle of the "Pandemic" than Gupta does.
https://www.amazon.com/World-War-Lessons-Covid-19-Pandemic-ebook/dp/B08VJLS7WD
As for videos, I liked ChubbyEmu on Youtube as well as the first two series by the Los Angeles Times on COVID.
Just because something is called "novel" does not mean it truly is novel. If science (knowledge obtained by utilizing the scientific method, namely hypotheses which is a combination of prediction with a reason why) hit upon anything, then science already has a framework for us to understand novel viruses. Especially when they fit into the category of respiratory disease.
If Putin were truly a madman, then he would go for a pre-emptive strike which has always been in line with Russian nuclear doctrine.
America has always equivocated that it would never launch a pre-emptive strike which is why we have a range of nuclear deterrence.
Still. A tactical nuke could be attempted and might be deemed worth the consequences depending on how far sanctions go.
Locals is pretty good for speaking freely. Was a nice chat with RekietaLaw during his call-in. Not exactly my envisioned future but, hey, it's silly and it's nice that America is able to allow people to chat like this once again.
:)
I wrote this up after my trip to South Korea trying to find a solution to the North Korea situation.
Wrote it up on January 18th, 2020. And then the world freaked out about Corona, among other things (cough America was busy impeaching its president cough)
"I am recovering from a nasty cold I picked up from my travels" ... Oh really, 2020 Brian, what is it that you were ill from? Excuse me, but you are canceled for not recognizing Corona as the worse plague ever to accurse the Earth. ... Looks like I actually was America's patient zero.
