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ANATOMY OF AN OUTBREAK: THE SECOND YEAR

ANATOMY OF AN OUTBREAK: THE SECOND YEAR The first positive test among Fields residents and staff for the virus was reported on 3/17/20. No residents have tested positive at Bellamy since the initial outbreak ran its course. No residents…

EPILOGUE

Madame President, the people from Boston are here. Shall I show them in? Yes and give us thirty minutes Most first visits were fifteen for the new POTUS and the official White House outlook calendar entry for this time slot was blocked…

Benny figures it out and dies of complications of a virus (or the Mole in the Hole)

Benny recommended a post-doc biology woman (the fifth Jet) to an old friend and accomplice at Woods Hole years ago, knowing that one day the payoff would be monumental. Woods Hole and the Jackson Laboratory at Bar Harbor Maine are the Silicon…

Benny goes to Woods Hole XIII

A. K. A. Catch and Kill or Cash and Kill Benny had a few bags of cash to drop off around Boston before he went to Woods Hole. ??Catch and kIll? is a tabloid term when the publisher of a tabloid calls a celebrity about whom he is prepared…

What will Benny do: reader’s choice

Benny did his homework, of course. He knows about the dogs. The VC company involved is one of his clients, although the founder/managing partner is the only one who knows Bill and Benny. One of the Jets had a fishing boat accident too, years…

Prospective Contact Tracing

Benny took a break from insider trading in soon-to-fail biotech companies, particularly those with dementia and viral breakthroughs, to pivot. Among a number of ?to do?s? on his list was a notion about contact tracing and high tech. NASCAR…

Johnny can’t smell – Part XI

The customer sipped his coffee as Johnny made change. He made a face and handed back the coffee complaining, this isn't what I ordered. Smell it! She remade the drink correctly and apologized saying, ?my bad. It's on me today. As he drove…

Agent Orange meets the Novel Virus – Part X

Blowing in the Wind, Bob Dylan How many deaths will it take... They were boys in 1966, 20 +/- 2 years. Company A is now cohort A- they?re 75 years old, +/-2 they earned cohort status and medals for valor and bravery because American Air…

Johnny is an Opposer, Part IX

Johnny has her monkey voices and her brilliance battles with her mania, a.k.a. ADHD on the spectrum, somewhere. I.Q. Score is 141 (thanks Stanford-Binet). If I cared I could be a doctor, like you. Could be or would be? asks Bennie. Her…

Johnny and Stefanie, Part VIII

She drives in there with a couple of hard lefts, in a Rubicon going too fast and when she gets to the window she yells over the blaring oldies 96.9 "two of whatever Benny gets." She bristles. "Where's Benny?" She bristles back. "So you're…