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66% of COVID-19 hospitalizations were sheltering at home?

A misreading of a bar chart goes viral, misshaping public perception. Will it distort public policy?

Posted by Michael Bates on May 14, 2020 5:25 PM

Homeschooling in the coronavirus pandemic

I'm proud to tell you that an article my wife and daughter co-authored has been published by The Stream. The article "DON'T PANIC: A Homeschooler's Guide to the Quarantine" contains their advice to parents who suddenly find their kids at home because of the CCP Bat Virus, needing to be...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 31, 2020 12:22 AM

Coronavirus notes 2020/03/30: Support your local retailers

Support your local retailers, and improve your chances of staying healthy.

Posted by Michael Bates on March 30, 2020 11:27 PM

Coronavirus cluster at Arkansas church shows asymptomatic spread

A large cluster of Chinese Communist Party Bat Virus cases has emerged in rural Arkansas, apparently the result of asymptomatic spread at a March 6-8 church event, may trace back to the headquarters of Assemblies of God World Missions, based in Springfield, Missouri.

Posted by Michael Bates on March 26, 2020 6:31 AM

Minister, ORU grounds manager, 55, first Oklahoma coronavirus victim

The Rev. Merle Dry, 55, Berryhill resident, United Pentecostal minister, and grounds manager at Oral Roberts University, is the first death resulting from Wuhan Chinese Bat Virus in Oklahoma. Metro Pentecostal Church, where Dry was a member, posted the following information on its Facebook page: It is with great...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 19, 2020 12:47 PM

Tulsa shuts down restaurants, bars over coronavirus threat

On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, Tulsa Mayor G. T. Bynum IV issued an executive order closing down dine-in service for all restaurants and shutting all bars, theaters, gyms, and recreational facilities in response to the Wuhan Bat Virus / COVID-19 pandemic. (Original link here. FAQ here.) Restaurants may offer take-out,...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 18, 2020 12:08 AM

Martin Luther on a Christian's duty during a plague

Roy Askins in The Lutheran Witness provides the context: In 1527, Luther wrote a letter to a friend because the bubonic plague was passing through Europe again and had struck both Silesia, where his friend lived, and Wittenberg, where Luther lived. ... When the plague struck a town, the wealthy...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 17, 2020 11:12 PM

Coronavirus notes: 2020/03/16

News and opinion on the coronavirus plague, in reverse chronological order (mostly): Here is a coronavirus COVID-19 dashboard and interactive map showing current numbers of cases from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Here is the spreadsheet that feeds the map. As of 7 a.m....

Posted by Michael Bates on March 16, 2020 4:37 PM