Nationals and Coronavirus.

Does anybody still think USMS was wrong to cancel it when it did? Probably not. Pundits and experts are saying exactly opposite things from what they were saying two months ago. Epidemiological models seem to be guessing (and UW model is currently off-overestimating cases--by a factor of 4). My colleagues in NY and New Orleans are getting murdered and other emergency departments across the country (including mine) are ghost towns. I am currently working half-time and we've cut the hours and pay and that has been repeated in at least dozens if not hundreds of ERs across the country. Interestingly, Sweden apparently did not institute such draconian measures (I guess we'll see how that plays out). 10 million Americans requesting unemployment benefits currently and that already astronomical number is surely to rise...a lot (I've got three of them now in my house). Unemployed, hopeless people tend to hurt themselves or others. The larger question whether all of this is right will ultimately be unknowable until well after the fact. I'm certain when it is all over, one viewpoint will gleefully point it's finger at the other side in smug satisfaction; but it's kind of like a class action lawsuit over a particularly annoying function on your iphone...nobody really wins (well, except very few).

Does anybody still think USMS was wrong to cancel it when it did? Probably not. Pundits and experts are saying exactly opposite things from what they were saying two months ago. Epidemiological models seem to be guessing (and UW model is currently off-overestimating cases--by a factor of 4). My colleagues in NY and New Orleans are getting murdered and other emergency departments across the country (including mine) are ghost towns. I am currently working half-time and we've cut the hours and pay and that has been repeated in at least dozens if not hundreds of ERs across the country. Interestingly, Sweden apparently did not institute such draconian measures (I guess we'll see how that plays out). 10 million Americans requesting unemployment benefits currently and that already astronomical number is surely to rise...a lot (I've got three of them now in my house). Unemployed, hopeless people tend to hurt themselves or others. The larger question whether all of this is right will ultimately be unknowable until well after the fact. I'm certain when it is all over, one viewpoint will gleefully point it's finger at the other side in smug satisfaction; but it's kind of like a class action lawsuit over a particularly annoying function on your iphone...nobody really wins (well, except very few).