Connecticut has the second lowest Rt number in the United States, behind only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.  Rt number is the average number of people who become infected with COVID-19 by an infectious person. If it’s above 1.0, COVID-19 will spread quickly. If it’s below 1.0, infections will slow. In March, Connecticut’s Rt […]

The CDC (Center for Disease Control) has just released a study of the seroprevelence of antibodies to SAR-CO-2 (COVID-19) in Six U.S. states, including Connecticut between March 23 and May 3, 2020. The study estimated that these states had between 6 to 24 times the number of reported cases. Commercial Laboratory Seroprevalence Survey Data In […]

In 1999, I wrote a letter to the editor of the Hartford Courant about a police shooting in the city.   The newspaper reported that an unarmed 14-year old black boy had been shot in the back by a white police officer.  They put the story on the front page under the headline Family, Police Want […]

I hadn’t noticed this before, but my partner said it is true for many nursing homes now.  Since visitors aren’t allowed, the nursing homes put room numbers on windows so the family knows which room their loved on is when they come to visit. Another sad feature of many homes.  In the lobby they often […]

I just read an advance copy of Molly, Mushrooms and Mayhem,written by paramedic Jim Bollenbacker, who after a long career as a lawyer became a paramedic working concerts in the Midwest.  He has many interesting tales of his experiences and those of others covering the craziness of music festivals from the EMS perspective. Here in […]

Worked the city yesterday.  It was a beautiful day, a little on the hot side.  There was another large protest at the state capitol with the people later marching to city hall and then the police station.  People seemed to come from all over, white black, young and old, most carrying hand made signs.  The […]

Tonight I participated in Dribble for Justice.  Dribble for Change.   I made a top score of 279 (trying five times and worked up quite a sweat). It is a part of a basketball training App called Home Court special BLACK LIVES MATTER activity. As part of the event, I also made a donation to the Equal […]