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We had a big (for Seattle) snow dump overnight, which means I won't be going anywhere for a few days. Fortunately the forecasts were accurate this time and I was able to stock up with groceries. It looks pretty out there.

Perhaps the less lethal form maximizes entropy? Dunno.

Yes, a host that dies before it can spread the virus is less beneficial, effectively creating a dead end. Over time the probabilities will favor evolution that maximizes transmission, creating a trade-off between replication rate and lethality.

I'm not expecting it to mutate to a less harmful form any time soon because the population groups doing most of the spreading are not being significantly impacted health-wise. There's little evolutionary pressure to get the virus to become less lethal.

New wearable device turns the body into a battery Everything that has a beginning has an end, Neo.

The club said the biggest impact he had was his leadership; he (and the coaches) instilled a winning attitude in a club that had been perennial also-rans.

According to J&J: Phase 2 uses 1,000 subjects for safety testing. Phase 3 uses up to 60,000 subjects to judge efficacy. https://www.jnj.com/innovation/the-5-stages-of-covid-19-vaccine-development-what-you-need-to-know-about-how-a-clinical-trial-works

He was unable to ford the median...

It reminded some people hereabouts of the 2013 Superbowl in which the team with a dominant defense and a moderately capable offense crushed a high-powered offensive team with an average defense. We always respected Coach Arians when he coached Arizona; those games were tough. Not to mention the injuries...

Not surprisingly, the Congress critters who have contracted COVID-19 are predominantly Republican. I suppose you can say they're taking one for the team, but the logic is daft.

Sadly, the Superbowl ads kinda sucked this year.

New Israeli drug cured 29 of 30 moderate/serious COVID cases in days — hospital\ Pretty exciting news if it holds up.

Republicans are just all around better gamers.