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Me and You and COVID-19
Me and You and COVID-19 By David W. Tschanz I spent thirty years as an infectious disease epidemiologist in South Carolina, Arizona and Saudi Arabia. I also write a lot lately on history and current affairs. Because of that I keep getting suggestions from my friends...
Quarantine: An Introvert’s Holiday
Thoughts, and opportunity list. A few days ago, I humorously passed along a meme, Quarantine: An Introvert’s Holiday. It rings partly true for me: I’ve been an extrovert, and I’ve been an introvert. I remember the specific foolishnesses of those periods...
Coronavirus Community Conversation
Craving contact? In these times of social distancing, we're thinking about ways for the group to stay in touch. As each one of the post-type pages at this site have the ability to comment at the bottom, we'd thought we'd dedicate a page simply to the comments and...
Chapter Demographic Interests — 2020
Group Interests, 2020 We first did this compilation a year ago, a listing of the interests of Manasota Mensa members. In those areas that we had individually listed with America Mensa, this is the data of the entire group. Without surprise, we are a broad group...
This Chart of the 1918 Spanish Flu Shows Why Social Distancing Works
Editor's note: This piece was passed on to me at the beginning of this outbreak by our Publicity Coordinator, Ombudsman, and epidemiologist David Tschanz. It's also found on the web, here. This chart of the 1918 Spanish flu shows why social distancing works In...
The Plague of the Spanish Lady
Editor's note: This piece was written by our very own member, Publicity Coordinator, and Ombudsman, David Tschanz. David is an epidemiologist, and a historian. Fascinating perspective for the very times we're in. The Plague of the Spanish Lady By David W....
April 2020, RVC Newsletter
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the March meeting of the American Mensa Committee (AMC) was changed to a teleconference. Because I am writing this before the meeting, I do not have the results of the motions yet, but there were seven motions before the AMC. These...
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