If you’re young enough—not a member of the population for whom it’s got a better chance of becoming viral pneumonia—there might be something to be said for it. On the other hand, I think we’re still hoping for sufficient containment that we DON’T have to assume everyone on the planet will be exposed to it sooner or…

He was a black guy in the comics

Good point. But there is some wiggle room in hours-worked before fatigue is inevitable.

You do not want untrained workers working in a sugar refinery. This video has some of the machinery involved visible:

It’s also worth mentioning that this is all a very tenuous solve for our sugar supply chain, especially if environmental factors continue to destroy our crops—and if, amidst that destruction, companies keep finding new ways to cram sugar into everything we consume.

Bet you can’t eat just one!

It’s fructose, you... you... you people who should check in with a chemistry nerd when something like this comes up.

Yes. “Nixon.”

What do you mean, “And no biolab at this level is strictly neutral.”? Survey ten virologists, and statistically speaking, one will have an E77 balloon bomb in his garage?

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Drinking water contaminated with raw sewage is also ten times older than some countries.

As long as they bring back Detective Kermit Griffin.

Wuhan also has a very big biolab in the city. The military kind.

Christmas and Hanukkah are celebrated with family, usually, making sexy undergarments a less-than-ideal gift,

Christmas and Hanukkah are celebrated with family, usually, making sexy undergarments a less-than-ideal gift,

It is the logo for one of the largest fashion brands currently. Off-white.

“The 21st century sucks! Back to the 19th!”

Rotated, but it looks like a variation on the “Arrow Cross”, a Hungarian fascist symbol dating to 1935-1945. https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/arrow-cross

Yeah. “. . . officers will now have the option of issuing drivers a voucher from the Lights On! program. . .” suggests to me that folks the police like are going to get vouchers, while folks they don’t like are going to get tickets.

The menu will change every night and will be based on Shen’s hopes and dreams,

. . . a docuseries of sorts where employees are thrown into Goop-y experiences, like well-groomed lab rats in luxury cashmere.