Re: [FRIAM] Coronavirus vs Flu

2020-02-17 Thread _ Bruno W
Hey George, First of all, thanks for hosting the wonderful party and thanks to Sherry too! I agree with your statement. I'm hopeful this thing will pan out much like SARS did. I've followed with interest the "conspiracy theories" that the virus actually leaked from the BSL 4 lab there which house

Re: [FRIAM] Coronavirus vs Flu

2020-02-17 Thread George Duncan
"I think it is likely we'll see a global pandemic," Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health professor Marc Lipsitch told the Journal. "If a pandemic happens, 40% to 70% of people worldwide are likely to be infected in the coming year. My son-in-law who is an infectious disease doc at Harvard Med

Re: [FRIAM] Coronavirus vs Flu

2020-02-17 Thread Gillian Densmore
Or that we generally don't die from the common flu. While that isn't the case with this. It might turn out to be a SARS thing (sureal, and scary, but we made a vacine). On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 4:09 PM Russell Standish wrote: > Flu is already pandemic. COVID-19 looks like it will go pandemic, bu

[FRIAM] Frontline examines Amazon

2020-02-17 Thread Tom Johnson
Perhaps of interest. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/newsletter-subscriptions/thanks/ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/fria

Re: [FRIAM] What is the most important selection principle in evolution?

2020-02-17 Thread Angel Edward
Here’s a sidebar from my graphics texxtbook on shortest path: Sidebar 6.1 Finding the Angle of Reflection Our derivation of the angle of reflection began with the principle that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence. This principle was known to Euclid and Ptolemy 2000 years ago.