Steven Damron

21 March 2020 – Saturday – #6

After closing land borders earlier in the week, the Spanish government ordered all hotels closed by 26 March. The US State Department sent an email advising US citizens and residents who didn’t have a place to stay long term in Spain to catch a flight to the US while there are flights to be had.Continue reading “21 March 2020 – Saturday – #6”

20 March 2020 – Friday – #5

I need to rant today and I’m not sugarcoating it. When you die of Covid-19, you drown while coughing up your own blood. I spoke with friends and family in California, Mexico, and Brazil yesterday. No one is taking Covid-19 seriously enough in any of these places. In the SF Bay Area, Home Depot isContinue reading “20 March 2020 – Friday – #5”

19 March 2020 – Thursday – #4

While Nate Silver and Elon Musk tweet about who needs ventilators, the Italians are printing them. Until there are treatments or a vaccine, the difference between life and death for anyone seriously ill from Covid-19 is a ventilator and there aren’t enough. The manufacturer of said US$11,000 ventilator is suing for patent infringement (see bottomContinue reading “19 March 2020 – Thursday – #4”