Apologies for the radio silence this week. The weather has been crazy here and power was off over the weekend, during which, unfortunately, I was also trying to move into a new house (moving during an ice storm: not recommended, by the way). Then I got into a fight with some of our downed tree branches and lost…don’t ask. Anyway, I do have a post on tap for later today and hopefully things will be back to some semblance of normal next week.
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Jeez. I would have gladly volunteered to help you move. If only I didn’t have this bad back….
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While you were out: The battle against polio was nearly lost.
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I saw the polio article; I want to do a bigger post on that, but I’m waiting until I can get around to finishing Needham’s book on disease eradication. Hadn’t seen the VA news, though…
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Having frequently engaged tree branches and had some memorable defeats, my sympathies. And for having to move in lousy weather; ugh.
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Blizzards suck.
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Yes, I’m here in Virginia and have been following this. I’m genuinely and pleasantly surprised that this made it through our very reactionary House of Delegates. We have a number of folks, one Bob Marshall in particular with attacks on contraception and Plan B, who have made sexual politics their bread-and-butter for winning elections. I think there was a fairly concious decision to avoid making it a political issue, so the debate/discussion was kept quiet. Funny how the social reactionaries have ‘come to Jesus’ moments for science when it really gets down to brass tacks.