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For me it was always about the hospitalization rate. If you can keep the rate manageable without a lockdown, then you should consider avoiding a lockdown because it can do more harm than good. That's probably where the US is now, although mask requirements can still be helpful as a pre-emptive measure.

What this does is provide stronger physical evidence of the origin and weakens (but does not eliminate) the lab hypothesis. When a skeptic asks, "where's the proof?", they can now be pointed to this study.

Newly published evidence points to Wuhan seafood market as pandemic origin point What I wonder is whether they can back-track the animal origins from the market? But I'd imagine the trail has grown pretty cold at this point.

The Clockwork Dynasty by D. H. Wilson. Interesting stuff; kind of a tale about steampunk robots hiding in plain sight while fighting a civil war lasting many millennia.

Dad joke

Will we see a museum of talking portraits? Looks kind of creepy for some reason.

If I were to choose between Trump and DeSantis, I'd say DeSantis is the more rational choice. Trump would just be more of the same garbage time, and DeSantis has at least had military service. I can't say though that I find most of the available candidates particularly appealing from either party, with the possible exception of Amy Klobuchar and Nikki Haley.

Rouge trader. I guess that was bound to happen. They should make it an easter egg.

Welp, there goes the Soylent Green...

There's one thing I KNOW, and is that by the time you find out the truth, you will no longer be able to recognize it.

Probably discussions about politics and religion belong in another thread. They always devolve into something non-funny and tedious.