As we come out of the age of Omicron and brace for whatever is next, this is a good reminder of how far we\u2019ve come, and how quickly, in combating Covid\u201319.<\/p>\n
If Covid vaccines had taken as long as the mumps vaccine to develop, the world would have had to face the Delta and Omicron waves with the vast majority of people on the planet armor-less against the virus that causes Covid.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe previous fastest vaccine ever developed \u2026 would just be entering into the clinic now. And we\u2019ve delivered 11 billion doses,\u201d Hatchett noted. \u201cThat\u2019s how much we\u2019ve moved the needle.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Why Covid\u201319 vaccines are a freaking miracle<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSometimes it takes awhile, but eventually the Internet asks all the good questions.<\/p>\n
Norm\u2019s tab, unlike Norm himself, isn\u2019t a solid, unchanging, sedentary thing. Instead, it\u2019s much more like the amount of beer Norm has in his glass. Sometimes it\u2019s full, sometimes it\u2019s empty and sometimes the set decorators make a continuity error and it changes without explanation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
How Much Was Norm\u2019s Tab on Cheers<\/em>?<\/a><\/p>\n
\nI read a handful of pieces about Peter Jackson\u2019s Get Back<\/em> after I watched the series in December, but saved this lengthy piece until President\u2019s Day weekend. It is worth the effort.<\/p>\n
Art involves a kind of conjuring trick in which the artist conceals her false starts, her procrastination, her self-doubts, her confusion, behind the finished article. The Beatles did so well at effacing their efforts that we are suspicious they actually had to make any, which is why the words \u201cmagic\u201d and \u201cgenius\u201d get used so much around them\u2026In Get Back<\/em>, we are allowed into The Beatles\u2019 process. We see the mess; we live the boredom. We watch them struggle, and somehow it doesn\u2019t diminish the magic at all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Banality of Genius: Notes on Peter Jackson\u2019s Get Back<\/a><\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ve never been to Montreal but know that winters there can be brutal. I had heard before how much of the city center (or centre) is built on a system of tunnels so you can navigate it on foot without ever stepping outside. I had never heard, though, of its snow removal system, which is designed to get the city functioning normally again incredibly quickly after a major snowstorm.<\/p>\n