Dear chess fans, if Fischerrandom (or Chess960 or Freestyle Chess) is still too conventional for you, then you might want to go one step further and try out "Random Chess"! It is with normal

Being a bartender is much more than serving drinks behind a counter. It is a profession that combines the mastery of mixology, hospitality and the ability to create unforgettable experiences for customers.

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BQ.1.1 is now almost overtaking BA.5 as the most prevalent coronavirus variant in the US. This variant is more immune evasive than BA.5. Fortunately preliminary immunological data suggests the BA.5 boosters

If you know older people who haven't had a booster lately, please encourage them to get one. It's like a 2/3 reduction in risk of death from COVID, possibly more with our new BA.5 targeted boosters. For

A report made by Dr. James Gill, the chief medical examiner for the state of Connecticut and the 2021 President of the National Association of Medical Examiners, demonstrated that 2 teens were killed of

The CDC Nowcast is now breaking out BA.1.1 from B.1.1.529 (BA.1). BA.1.1 is a sub-lineage of BA.1 (the original strain). BA.2 is not a sub-lineage of BA.1, but a sister strain. BA.1.1 became the dominant

Introduction The countdown is on, and nothing that lowers the alert levels for the delicate situation of the coronavirus pandemic is trending again in the news portals, especially for the alarming wave

I'm watching an hour-long briefing from 12/14 by the biggest healthcare admin firm in South Africa. Some really interesting things. IT'S STILL EARLY, CONSIDER ALL OF THIS AS A HOT TAKE. Overall, Omicron

If the early data is accurate on Omicron's immune evasion we may see a pretty disjointed Omicron wave given still significant gaps on first/second doses and a lot of state variance on booster uptake,

South Africa doesn't test for the coronavirus that much and deaths at home often don't get an accurate recording of cause of death, so their confirmed coronavirus death toll greatly underestimates the

New CDC report on the first US Omicron cases. As of December 8th, we have had 43 known Omicron cases in 22 states. Earliest case was November 15th with international travel history. Only 14 of the 43 cases

South Africa continues to post rapidly growing case rates, and it's now almost all Omicron. Still no solid read on how severity compares to Delta. (Most of the data so far are terribly ambiguous, see below.)

tl;dr - 2 doses of Pfizer (and presumably Moderna) will provide almost no protection against infection, but hopefully still good protection against severe disease or death. 2 doses plus an infection, or

South Africa is still seeing a rapid increase in cases, but this weekend's numbers (Sunday and Monday) might hint at a slowdown, they're more off-trend than the usual weekend reporting slowdown. Tomorrow