by David Brooks | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
As many people, including me, have noted, the shortage of COVID-19 testing makes data about its prevalence in the community suspect. A perfect example came up at Thursday’s press conference by N.H. officials – here’s the item I reported for the...
by David Brooks | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I’m slightly hesitant to read too much into the state’s weekly analysis of COVID-19 because testing is still not widespread. There’s a real risk of garbage- in-garbage-out because data about who has the disease isn’t comprehensive. Keeping that...
by David Brooks | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
A grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will enable a New England research partnership to expand a new migration tracking system across New England. The three-year, Competitive State Wildlife Grant of $998,000 will be matched by $355,500 in private...
by David Brooks | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire has launched a new distance learning program: a virtual around-the-world flight that can be followed online by everyone as it progresses around the globe. Using the museum’s Elite Flight Simulator and Lockheed Martin’s...
by David Brooks | Apr 21, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
This was supposed to have been a very different column. The plan, long in the works, was for us to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on Wednesday with a flurry of activity. Granite Geek would put a New Hampshire spin on Project Breakdown, which calibrates the...
by David Brooks | Apr 21, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
If you ignore the dunderheads who think everything can go back to normal tomorrow and the paranoids who think this is the unavoidable End of Days, there remains a big question about how exactly life should resume in the COVID-19 era. A whole bunch of intelligent...
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