Charles McCrone | 2020 August

The Only Thing that Matters about Incidence is Consequence

Charles McCrone
20 Aug, 2020
Social Discourse in the Age of Covid
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I’m going to get more pointed with this Covid-19 blog, but my purpose is still primarily to discuss the way we talk about the virus, not draw social policy conclusions — though the data in this blog could definitely lead to some. Here’s a ridiculous hypothetical example I’ve created to illustrate the point I’m going

The Existential Crisis No One Seems to Be Aware Of

Charles McCrone
16 Aug, 2020
Social Discourse in the Age of Covid
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From the start of the State Government’s response to coronavirus here in Washington (back in March), its tagline was that Washington’s reopening was going to be “guided by science.” That sounded good and it sounded like something to take pride in. But around me I see an existential plank in many people’s eyes that makes