People are getting antsy about changing the shutdown strategy. We should be realistic about the future course of the epidemic.

Models of coronavirus spread can be useful; their limitations just have to be understood and well-communicated.

Here is a chart that may help you think about coronavirus models.

Sweden has adopted a more balanced approach to mitigation of spread of the coronavirus.

It is hard to keep up with all the studies being published on coronavirus. Here are summaries of a couple of the most interesting ones.

My home state released information on the models used to justify the shutdown order in the state and there is good and bad news in reviewing the materials. You should…

Time for another weekly recap of what we do and don't know about coronavirus.

This can't be said any more clearly and strongly: we need widespread antibody testing now.

We can't let this shutdown fundamentally change how we relate to one another.

A quick look at some stats of interest on coronavirus.

Some more interesting research on transmission of the coronavirus.

The numbers on economic damage are astounding.

A hot-off-the-presses paper analyzes death risk from coronavirus disease.

More information on some research and cautions on a couple of issues.

Being realistic means doing the best job you can to assess the facts and analyze a situation rationally in making decisions.