Tagged: epidemic

Staying rational in spite of all the evidence in favor of doing so

Now that Trump has spoken publicly about the new coronavirus outbreak, the American blogosphere will be dominated for days with vigorous arguments (i.e., rabid posturing) for or against one’s favorite political representative, as though this issue had any proper connection to politics. Of course, in this age, everything is connected to politics. Not to political philosophy, political community, or political history, mind you...

Coronavirus Update

Korean authorities have just announced 334 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, bringing the national total to over 1,500.  Almost all of these new cases are in Daegu, a city of 2.5 million people a couple of hours’ drive from both Seoul and Busan (the two biggest population areas). And they were completely predictable, as I have explained in previous posts...