Friday 6 March 2020

Epidemic rogue wave, 6 March 2020

As a sailor, I have always thought about rogue waves, those mythical monsters that can wreck your boat for good. As an epidemiologists, I spent my professional life preparing for the rogue pandemic that can wreck a country down for couple of weeks. To prevent being caught at sea in by a rogue wave, there is not much a sailor can do when far from the coast. Yet, for the rogue pandemic, there are two things a sailor can do: 1) anchor for a few weeks in one of your favorite natural harbour, or 2) protect yourself from getting infected...
Sars Cov2, source NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), U.S. NIH / Public domain
While you can find lots of good ideas for the first option on this blog, in this post, I will provide you with instructions for the second option...