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What will happen is that there will be a very vocal cadre saying that, given that the infection rate is not yet zero, and that we still haven't had long enough to see the longest-term effects, we should keep it closed until the following November. Repeat indefinitely.

Here is one -- peer reviewed: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-01009-0 I find the take-away message in the Abstract: "Less disruptive and costly NPIs can be as effective as more intrusive, drastic, ones (for example, a national lockdown)."

Sometimes, even to the point of not finding out the visa regs! My last trip to the Dominican Republic, in the line to purchase the tourist card, I heard the couple ahead of me say "No," then turn toward the immigration counter and get all surprised to see that the tourist card is a required...

And now the YouTube videos have come out portraying the octopuses "handling" the humans.

The side stroke may be now-rare, but it is my stroke of choice when on the surface. I never quite mastered the swimmer's technique of exhaling through mouth and nose simultaneously while the face is submerged, and the side stroke allows me to bypass this and still see where I am going. That's...

Already, people are calling the remnant, "The Pillars of Evolution." Sounds good to me.

Tell you what: try diving an area where fishing trawlers have recently passed. Don't touch anything. Or just get a seaweed harvest license, whatever that entails in your jurisdiction. Then you can cut off and take away a daily bag limit of seaweeds -- less destructively than touching something...

Are many of them in resalable condition?

Your first image also appears to be a paper nautilus.

Do the "very similar" conditions include the endemic fishes and wildlife of the Sargasso Sea? I figure that is probably what interests the OP and any others of us (like myself) who are interested in it.

Because the past year's worth of data shows that covid outcomes do not correlate with the measures countries took, no doubt.

I saw this article on Mongabay: Countries can transform the climate crisis with ocean-based action (commentary) I was struck in particular by this paragraph: "As well as the potentially devastating impact on the ocean’s ecosystems, unabated climate change could reduce the economic potential of...

Definitely. I remember at Immigration in the Dominican Republic, someone ahead of me in line said "no" to purchasing the $10 tourist card, turned toward the counter to enter the country, and was surprised to see that the tourist card was a required document. What did they think it was? And why...

Yes you are. I have my vaccination card right here. Is that any more likely to be fake than the yellow one used for other travel vaccinations?

One of the reasons I don't enjoy aquaria anymore -- the other is that, like zoos, I never see them give the animals enough space. How big would that shark's home range be in the wild?

Maybe so, but it is confusing for people like me whose weight is in a different column than my height. By weight, I should be an XS, by height, M. And that's without all those other measurements.

So that's the attraction of boarding first. I wondered about that. I always preferred being in the last boarding group, myself -- I have time for one last restroom break, and I don't have to sit in the airplane chair as long waiting for takeoff. And I prefer to keep my carryon under the seat in...

And when you consider that young people were told to lock down for the sake of those older people, I wouldn't blame any of them for calling foul! Funny thing -- my Facebook "on this day feed" has been showing me my impressions from the beginning of the pandemic and its restrictions, when none...

In my experience, having ANY postsecondary education makes you overqualified for the jobs that have the most openings.

Hmmm... now this brings up a question in my mind. I have had some sensitivity issues with my teeth, and I never thought about the coldness of the water as you descend below snorkeling depth. In my case, it is not related to dental work. I am a bit buck toothed, and my two front teeth are cold...