Historian John M. Barry cautions that by moving on too quickly from effective public health measures, we are making the same mistake that folks made during past pandemics (esp. the 1918 influenza pandemic). [nytimes.com]
The US is seeing many more deaths during the Omicron wave compared to other large, high-income countries. "Death rates are so high in the States — eye-wateringly high. The United States is lagging." [nytimes.com]
Nice IndieWire piece on the production design, score, and costume design of Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth. Even with the amazing cinematography, set design, and music, the costume design stood out for me. [indiewire.com]
A brief history of the ampersand. "It is actually a ligature, a Latin combination of two letters: [e] and [t], or [et], which in English means [and]." [twitter.com]
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