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Fri Feb 28 06:00:02 EST 2020
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Slept from ten-thirty to six-thirty without waking.
Cloudy.
Scattered flurries.
Highs in the mid 20s.
West winds 15 to 20 mph.
Wind chill readings zero to 10 above zero.
Work
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- Review disaster plan for airborne pandemics (Spanish flu, Covid-19, etc.)
Not much.
- Plan Entrata implementation kickoff
A bit.
Fifteen-minute walk at lunch.
Windy.
Saw rabbit tracks in the now.
Spent most of the day cleaning up minor FreePBX issues.
Home
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- Buy stocks?
Done.
Bought groceries on my way home.
Vacuumed.
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/How-to-respond-to-COVID-19
> There are two reasons that COVID-19 is such a threat. First, it can kill healthy adults in addition to elderly people with existing health problems. The data so far suggests that the virus has a case fatality risk around 1%; this rate would make it several times more severe than typical seasonal influenza and would put it somewhere between the 1957 influenza pandemic (0.6%) and the 1918 influenza pandemic (2%).
> Second, COVID-19 is transmitted quite efficiently. The average infected person spreads the disease to two or three others. That’s an exponential rate of increase. There is also strong evidence that it can be transmitted by people who are just mildly ill or not even showing symptoms yet. This means COVID-19 will be much harder to contain than Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which were only spread by those showing symptoms and were much less efficiently transmitted. In fact, COVID-19 has already caused 10 times as many cases as SARS in just a quarter of the time.
> Scientists were able to sequence the genome of the virus and develop several promising vaccine candidates in a matter of days, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations is already preparing up to eight promising vaccine candidates for clinical trials. If one or more of these vaccines proves safe and effective in animal models, they could be ready for larger-scale trials as early as June. Drug discovery can also be accelerated by drawing on libraries of compounds that have already been tested for safety and by applying new screening techniques, including machine learning, to identify antivirals that could be ready for large-scale clinical trials within weeks.
https://heated.medium.com/you-should-be-eating-more-canned-fish-bbf84969b063
https://ask.metafilter.com/342271/Can-canned-fish-taste-good
> Trader Joe's canned smoked trout and their yellowfin tuna.
> Here's the key with sardines: boneless, skinless, packed in oil, no additional flavorings beyond salt … brand doesn't seem to matter much.
> Drain it, toss in a bowl, add a generous dollop of brown mustard and the juice of 1/4 - 1/2 a lemon. Mash it all up together. Delicious on its own or with crackers, toast or the like.
> my main use of sardines involves putting them in pasta with capers, parmesan cheese, (and whatever else looks good like, say, roasted red pepper or olives), using olive oil as the sauce.
> Don’t even bother with sardines in water; they’re disgusting.
> Smoked colossal oysters are great, too. There are a ton of brands, but I'm not particular to any one of them -- just make sure to get the colossal kind.
> King Oscar is probably my favorite major brand
> I love smoked oysters but I don't eat them straight, I prefer them cooked in omelettes. Canned clams are great, as Pasta alle Vongole or clam chowder. Canned farmed bivalves (not wild, the opposite of salmon) are among the most sustainable proteins you can get* — they're comparable in impact to non-meat options.
> Canned mackerel is delightful if you can find it. I won some from King Oscar once but have never found such in a store.
> Seconding King Oscar in olive oil for a good sardine brand.
> I can't overemphasize how much sardines are improved by the freshly squeezed juice of a lemon. Transformed, really.
Servings: grains 5/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 3/4, dairy 5/2, meat 2/3, nuts 0/0.5
Brunch: coffee, banana, cucumber, bagel with cream cheese
Lunch: yogurt, apple, tomato
Dinner: taquitos
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