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The good news is that this morning, right before waking up I saw an outline of the category I needed to develop my model, with functors to boundaries and inclusion maps(functors) into allocation categories. This is great!

The bad news is that there's almost a 100% chance that either my parents or one of my neighbors die from the coronavirus this year.

Remember off-line classes?

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Coronavirus is contagious? Never heard of that.

Costco grocery delivery people wear neither gloves, nor masks. My inner Singaporean shudders at their recklessness, especially, because they fulfill many orders for the elderly.

What would be a libertarian case for a young poor deliver contractor to wear basic protective equipment, which is not required by law and hard to get? Should I ask Costco to fire that person?

upd: On cruise ships, the virus is found to stay alive for up to 17 days.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/coronavirus-traces-lingered-in-vacated-cruise-cabins-for-17-days/ar-BB11B6sF

Huge consequences of a tiny genetic change

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I get a strong sense of deja vu when I listen to high-quality research talks about the coronavirus
presented at various American institutions. All these disease patterns were already discussed in Singapore media a month ago. We had at least a month to prepare, but very little of consequence happened during that time. Back in February, I couldn't imagine that the US government, given its vast resources, talent and time advantages, would be so inept and complacent as to let the epidemic spread as if it were a complete surprise. The cost of this series of blunders will be in trillions of dollars, not counting the damage to the social fabric of the country.

What surprises me even more is that 50% of Americans think that Trump is doing a good job dealing with the crisis. Neither Singaporeans, nor Koreans would accept this kind of ineptitude from their government. It seems like that there's something fundamentally wrong with democracy in our country if people can be [self-]manipulated so easily during a calamity of such magnitude.