There's two blogs, and both of them are neglected. I can go into a litany of excuses, but never mind. So here's something for today.
As usual these days, it is about the Wuhan thing. One could wonder why play along? For an old dude, it is an actual threat. For someone already sick with something, it is a threat. Otherwise, you are likely to be at a low-risk for this thing. It is a problem for a small subset of the country. But the reaction to it will affect everyone. That's two reasons for me to play along.
By playing along, I mean that I will track the virus. However, I will not listen to the media hype this thing. Even from the media, there is some useful info out there. I use the NY Times to track the spread of the virus. I'll listen to Bongino show, too. I'll read the headlines from my usual news sources, and that is about it.
Even for a guy like Bongino, it is getting to be too much in the sense that he seems beholden to respond to everything that the media spews out. My reaction is to just about write off the media. Aside from the Times as mentioned, I won't listen to these people. The result is that I feel a whole lot better about everything. Even the spread of the virus doesn't seem so bad. Yeah, I heard something by word of mouth today that sounds pretty bad. However, if it doesn't break the mold of what I heard about this thing, then it doesn't change what I just wrote. If you are old and so forth, you may have something to worry about. But the point is, even for someone like me, it just isn't worth it to worry oneself sick about it. If it is going to get you, then it will get you.
Not that I am fatalistic about it. I am taking as many precautions as possible. But aside from living in a cave and eating worms, what are you going to do that will giving you complete assurance that you won't get it? Obviously, everything you do entails some type of risk. And there you are.
It's like a lot of things. You take your chances. Even if you live in a cave, you might have to deal with natural threats. There is no escape from risk.
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