People ask me : when will the American coronavirus epidemic peak? Nobody knows. One major reason is a paucity of data, especially testing data. There are many reasons we don’t know what we need to know including: 1. The dismantling of the CDC’s international epidemiology capacity starting in 2017 2. What appears to have been […]
The Spanish Siesta Champion Wins, but the Siesta and Naps Lose (10/25/10)
And the Winner Is… The competitors came to the middle of Madrid’s Islazul shopping center ready to lie down and compete. There were 360 who came to demonstrate to the judges their flair for imaginative bedclothes, weird resting positions, capacity to fall instantly asleep and overall “quality” of snoring, but only one returned a winner. […]
Sleep for Success – The Spanish Siesta Championships (10/18/10)
Sleep to Win They come from all over the nation, ready to leap onto the blue sofas and begin competition . Points are awarded for innovative pyjamas, ease and mastery of execution, loudness of snoring and unusual positions. The Spanish Siesta Competitions are on – and the competitors only have 20 minutes to show their […]