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Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: Staggering Surge Of NYers Dying In Their Homes Suggests City Is Undercounting Coronavirus Fatalities] I’ve seen numerous TV interviews with hospital personnel saying that they’re not even bothering to administer tests if the symptoms are obvious enough, and just treating patients on the assumption that they have coronavirus. People are also being told to not show up to the hospital unless and until the symptoms are severe enough to warrant hospitalization. This approach, necessitated by exigency, is almost certainly leading to an undercount of diagnosed coronavirus cases and therefore deaths. Continue reading The uncertain consequences of coronavirus deaths being undercounted for lack of testing Advertisement
Australian fires. African locusts. Worldwide plague. Do we live in Biblical times or what? If the world really is ending, we thought it was time to prepare properly for Armageddon. By, you know, reading the damn thing. The Bible, that is. (Go back to the beginning here.)
Continue reading Spencer Tracy helps us out with a mystery in the Land of Nod
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… I don’t think a conspiracy is necessary to explain why Trump is pushing Hydroxychloroquine so hard, though he’s certainly not above manipulating the stock market, and there should be some investigation undertaken to determine whether and at what times he owned Novartis stock. Continue reading A conspiracy isn’t necessary to explain why Trump is pushing the magic pill
Australian fires. African locusts. Worldwide plague. Do we live in Biblical times or what? If the world really is ending, we thought it was time to prepare properly for Armageddon. By, you know, reading the damn thing. The Bible, that is. (Go back to the beginning here.)
Continue reading The Land of Nod: The punishments keep adding up for the first family
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… In the early days of the virus (which really should have been the later days, had we moved in a timely fashion) there was a push from conservatives, borne from wishful thinking and a distrust of expertise (well-honed from years spent dismissing the effects of climate change), to downplay the risks of this virus. Continue reading A handy list of people who should never be listened to again in matters of life or death
Australian fires. African locusts. Worldwide plague. Do we live in Biblical times or what? If the world really is ending, we thought it was time to prepare properly for Armageddon. By, you know, reading the damn thing. The Bible, that is. (Go back to the beginning here.)
Continue reading God digs his lamb a little burnt, spurns veggies
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… This ten-minute video is the most useful, practical advice I’ve heard from a doctor who has seen a lot of patients at an Upper East Side NYC hospital on not getting the virus and what to do if you do. I feel better about the precautions we’ve taken after watching. Continue reading How to protect your family from COVID-19, and what to do if you catch it
Australian fires. African locusts. Worldwide plague. Do we live in Biblical times or what? If the world really is ending, we thought it was time to prepare properly for Armageddon. By, you know, reading the damn thing. The Bible, that is. (Go back to the beginning here.)
Continue reading East of Eden: Cast out by cherubim bearing flaming swords
Australian fires. African locusts. Worldwide plague. Do we live in Biblical times or what? If the world really is ending, we thought it was time to prepare properly for Armageddon. By, you know, reading the damn thing. The Bible, that is. (Go back to the beginning here.)
Continue reading Beguiled, bothered, and bewildered: The first couple confess their crime
What astonished us as we watched all seven episodes of ‘Tiger King’ back to back in an epic binge session last week (you too, right?) was not only the crazy story and the crazier characters, but what an incredible feat of filmmaking had been accomplished by directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin. Continue reading JOE EXOTIC’S TESTIMONY: The only thing missing from ‘Tiger King’ was his day on the stand
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