Mar. 9th, 2020

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The contrast with the US in government response is astonishing


Key learnings so far:
-- droplet transmission (direct and indirect); surface contamination;
-- small group contamination, close-quarters interaction;
---- open air, low humidity, direct sunlight = major virus killers;
-- little evidence of asymptomatic transmission;
-- the new normal: background presence of the virus in the community;
---- vaccine not likely in less than 1 year;
-- no non-essential travel.
-- the virus is here to stay until at least the end of the year.
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I do not recall any one who thought that the internal combustion engine could ever have more than a limited use. All the wise people demonstrated conclusively that the engine could not compete with steam. They never thought that it might carve out a career for itself. That is the way with wise people—they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations.

--- Henry Ford, My life and work.


Limitations determine trade-offs and optimization strategies.
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It looks like the spring quarter is going to be cancelled in many universities. Will this increase the number of research papers written by faculty?

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