more covid-19 silver linings.

• I’m usually really bad about staying in touch with people, but I’ve made the effort to reach out to people I care about.

• “Considering the huge decrease in air pollution following the quarantine (China’s CO2 emissions decreased by a quarter), the COVID-19 pandemic might paradoxically have decreased the total number of deaths during this period, by drastically decreasing the number of fatalities due to air pollution.”

• Dude, free articles on Jstor and Google Scholar. If you’re like me and get tired of having to take mainstream news with a grain of salt, it’s really nice to wade through some good ol’ boring scientific research to get a sense of what’s actually going on.

• Drive-in movie theaters are coming back!