KNOXVILLE: Congressman Tim Burchett sends boxes of masks to first responders in Knoxville.

SO “NO EVIDENCE OF IMMUNITY” ISN’T THE SAME AS “EVIDENCE OF NO IMMUNITY,” BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THIS DOESN’T BODE WELL FOR A VACCINE: Coronavirus: ‘No evidence’ recovered patients are immune to re-infection, warns WHO. I mean, in principle I suppose you could have a vaccine that produces an immune response that’s superior to what the body produces naturally on infection, but how likely is that?

Or maybe it’s all overcautious, misleading bullshit: WHO Deletes Misleading Tweet That Spread Paranoia About COVID-19 Reinfection. “That’s technically true: There’s no evidence of immunity. But that’s because COVID-19 is new and the matter hasn’t been conclusively studied yet.”

MOON TREATY: Michelle Hanlon on how the Moon Agreement is Finished. “It’s time to turn the international community’s attention away from this Agreement and put the focus squarely on how we are going to manage space resource extraction and use.”

HMM: California Docs Say Lockdown vs. Non-Lockdown ‘Did Not Produce a Statistically Different Number of Deaths.’

HARVARD AND THE CCP: The End of the Harvard Century.

Though the Harvard-China relationship always entailed mutual benefit, it was for decades asymmetrical — China needed Harvard more than Harvard needed China, which perhaps gave the University more leeway to be critical of the Chinese government.

But over the past decade, China’s global influence has grown dramatically. In 2010, China became the world’s second-largest economy; in 2018, it surpassed the U.S. in terms of scientific papers published. Escalating tensions have accompanied this shift in global power, threatening to compromise Harvard and China’s special relationship: Xi has cracked down on dissent both within and outside of China’s borders, and the FBI has launched numerous investigations into alleged Chinese industrial and academic “espionage,” including one into undisclosed Chinese funding sent to the University’s former Chemistry Department Chair, Charles M. Lieber. As the geopolitical and academic balance shifts in China’s favor, the Teng Biao incident may indicate that, at least in some instances, Harvard depends on China more than the other way around.

The US government needs to help US institutions learn to separate from China.

BECAUSE I POSTED THIS ON EASTER AND I THINK IT DESERVES A BETTER SHOWING: FROM JAGI LAMPLIGHTER (THINK HARRY POTTER BUT FOR GIRLS):  The Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering.

Rachel Griffin Knows a Secret Everyone Else Has Forgotten…

…She has discovered she has an older sister named Amber, who was stolen-away as a baby. Nobody but Rachel remembers her—not even their parents. Rachel is determined to find Amber and restore her to the family. But how?

She doubts it will be as easy as overhearing the name Rumpelstiltskin.

Meanwhile, Rachel has bigger problems. Wild fey have invaded the campus. If they so much as bewitch even one more student, Roanoke Academy will be forced to close its doors. Rachel and her friends must solve this menace before the academy cancels more classes or, worse, the Year of the Dragon Ball!

But she has hope—if she can keep the school open—because, as Rachel’s late grandmother told her, Masquerade balls are a time of wonder… when anything is possible.

BETTER THAN BY COLOR, I GUESS:  Overzealous British library cleaner rearranges books by size.

THERE ARE INDEED STILL AMERICANS:  Houston Police Push Back Against Mandatory Mask Ordinance.

Also, as a public service, a note to all the panicky people out there: that mask doesn’t protect you, unless it’s rated N-95.  Yes, I know, but people in Japan wear masks and–  Sure. My friends who live there tell me Japanese wear masks when they might sneeze/cough in a public place. Those masks protect other people FROM you.  However, if you’re not sick or suffering from allergies, and particularly if you see a person without a mask, they’re not trying to kill you. Chances of their being sick aren’t even that high. JUST chill. This is health theater.

Another PSA: Rubber gloves are actually less sanitary than your hands — which you at least wash — unless you change them between places, etc. Just running around with the same gloves all day? Stupid AND unsanitary.

IT’S TIME. COME OUT IF YOU WANT TO LIVE:  Businesses Without Options Defy Closing Orders.

YEAH, THAT:  Lockdown is Destroying Food Supply Chain.

I FIGURE WE CAN TRACK HOW CONFIDENT THE DEMS ARE IN VOTE BY FRAUD MAIL BY THE RIDICULOUS STUFF THEY IMPOSE ON US. SOME GOVERNORS THINK THEY’RE IN FOR LIFE:  Stealing the Election in Plain Sight.

THEY WERE ALWAYS DUMB:  Virus Strikes Media Dumb.

YES, THERE ARE STILL AMERICANS:  Dark Sarcasm In the Classroom.

I THOUGHT HE HAD BEEN BANNED AS A RACIST, IMPERIALIST, CIGAR SMOKER?  These words from Winston Churchill are giving hope during the pandemic.  (And do they also offer hope for the wasteland the reaction to the pandemic is creating?)

INDEED:  Post Hoc vs. Propter Hoc.

WELL, IT’S THE ONLY VIRUS IN HISTORY TO CAUSE US TO DAMAGE OURSELVES MORE THAN ANY ENEMY IN ANY WAR HAS MANAGED:  How unique is COVID-19?

NO, ALL CULTURES ARE NOT THE SAME:  Cats turned into paste, sold as coronavirus remedy in Vietnam.

THE NERVE OF THE MAN, SAYING NURSES, FRONTLINE WORKERS AND PEOPLE NOBODY’S EVER HEARD OF DESERVE RESPECT; DOESN’T HE UNDERSTAND THE PAIN ARTISTS EXPERIENCE? (AND YES, THAT IS SARCASM):  Ricky Gervais slams celebs who lecture ‘normal nobodies’ about coronavirus.

AS PANDEMICS GO, THIS ONE IS A BUST, ALTHOUGH A PROPER RANKING WOULD EXPRESS THE NUMBERS AS PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION, I WHICH CASE THE PLAGUE OF JUSTINIAN MOVES SIGNIFICANTLY UP THE RANKING: History’s 5 deadliest pandemics and epidemics.

JUST IN CASE YOU WONDER WHY FREEZERS AND DRIED FOOD ARE SOLD OUT:  In their panic, the idiots in our government are creating a famine.

I’m hearing these stories from all over. It’s time to stop this panic or people will actually die. In the millions. Perhaps even in the US.