In these uncertain times, you might catch yourself thinking more often about how to defend your property. Maybe you’re considering a video camera, better locks, or a firearm. Or perhaps you’ve found yourself googling, “are booby traps illegal?” Sure, movies like Skyfall, Home Alone, and A Nightmare on Elm Street depict people coming up with
The world has over 7.58 million cases. Cases have grown globally by over 1.75 million since last week. This is a frightening increase in global case growth. The US has nearly 2.1 million cases and has had over 116,000 deaths. The US has gained over 22,000 new cases since yesterday. Scores of COVID-19 testing locations
There are over 7.44 million global cases. The US has over 2 million of those cases. There have been over 418,000 deaths around the world from the pandemic virus. Brazil and Russia tally just behind the US in numbers of new cases. Brazil might not be reporting its actual numbers anymore, but Bolsonaro isn’t fooling
With the world opening back up regardless of whether the coronavirus pandemic is over or not, those of us forced to go back out into the big blue room need guidelines about the relative risks of various activities. Four Michigan-based public health experts have offered a ranking of the risk level of different activities as
Identify how [you] can communicate with your loved ones. This should include a location to meet if cell service is interrupted. — Community safety, the City of Minneapolis Welcome to the new normal, where the government of a large Midwestern city is advising its residents to have an alternate way to communicate if the cell
There are over 7.3 million global cases. There have been over 413,000 deaths around the globe. There are over 2 million cases in the US. There have been over 114,000 deaths in the US alone. The US, Brazil, and Russia have the most active cases at the moment. The WHO says the public should wear
Have you heard the big WHO announcement? People who aren’t showing symptoms don’t spread the virus! — Happy people everywhere right now The WHO’s announcement that infected people who aren’t showing symptoms of COVID-19 aren’t spreading the virus has gone viral all over my feed. People are understandably thrilled by this news. The CNBC headline
We do a lot of product testing here at The Prepared, so we know how difficult it is to design a test that’s repeatable, fair, and actually answers the burning questions we have about a product. In fact, in many cases we spend far more time designing product tests than we do actually running them.
There are over 6.8 million global cases. The US has over 1.95 million cases. Cases have grown by over 28,000 in the US since yesterday, with over 1,200 deaths in that same period. There have been nearly 400,000 deaths around the world. Encephalopathies associated with COVID-19 are real and they are scary. This thing occasionally
You may have heard reports about pallets of bricks conveniently left near protests around the United States, ready to be thrown through windows. We’ve also been hearing about bottles of gasoline hidden in bushes around Minneapolis. Could people really be planting violent objects in our cities? Let’s take a look at the claims and try
The world has over 5.8 million cases. Cases have grown globally by over 700,000 since last week. The US has over 1.7 million cases and has had over 103,000 deaths. The US has gained over 21,000 new cases since yesterday. Experts warn that we’re facing a serious pandemic, possibly another Great Depression, and riots akin
It’s a common feature of epidemics and pandemics: one city or village will be decimated and the next one over is unscathed. The same thing also tends to happen with civil strife. Some regions of a city or country will be literally aflame, while nearby, people crowd into restaurants and shops as if nothing’s wrong.
We’re in the midst of an egg shortage. My old laying hens have been slowing down, the new chickens won’t be laying for a few months yet, and I don’t want to go to the store during COVID-19. The thing is, along with other long-term storage food shortages, powdered eggs have been hard to come by
There are over 6.5 million global cases. The US has over 1.9 million of those cases. There have been over 386,000 deaths around the world from the pandemic virus. Brazil has overtaken the US in daily cases growth at over 27,000 cases. Gilead is working on various formulations of remdesivir, including: dry powder inhalation version,
You may have seen people at protests dumping milk in their eyes. Newscasters often say these people are washing out tear gas or pepper spray. But does that trick actually work? Or is it just another myth about how to treat chemical irritants? We spoke to the experts and did some digging to find out
