Dollars versus Disease Part of the debate over action against the coronavirus has always been health versus economics. The decision to err on the side of health and impose stay-at-home orders was not predicated on a cold, hard risk-benefit analysis but on politics. Politicians understandably do not want to get blamed for people dying. There are policy tools to address the economic fallout until there are treatments to address COVID-19. The U.S. government may handout $50 billion to the agriculture sector during 2018-2020 to offset the impacts of the trade war and now the virus. As a result, farmland prices are holding up and agricultural banks are still financially strong. However, the average person will grow weary of the long-term econom...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.