@Big Daddy do you go out with a mask?
Also, impressed about your 150 published papers. Can you point me toward them? I love reading published papers...
I have been doing this for 30 years. Unfortunately, I like to stay anonymous because that is the only way I can write things the way I believe. No one really knows me on this board. Also, I am famous internationally so last thing I want is people knowing my identity and then reading my posts. Besides, there is also a risk of defamation of the organization I work for as my statements can be considered as statements from my organization like Coronavirus is a scam. The funny thing is that one journal contacted me to write a paper on Coronavirus mitigation strategies for a special issue on Coronavirus. From research standpoint, it is very interesting problem (not necessarily Coronavirus but the spread of the pandemic in general). Dynamic equilibrium models such as predator-prey population evolution can be modified to investigate how disease spreads with reference to containment strategies (such as masks, social distancing, etc.). You can also use probabilistic models to investigate the dynamics of both diseases spread under different resource allocation constraints. Research is a lot of fun. Unfortunately, I will not write a paper on this topic. The real reason is that I am seeing death hanging over my head as I am getting older. So, my research is really not about publishing research papers to maximize published papers, but finding out what are my absolute unique skills in the world and publishing only that work because if I do not write it then the world will never know those ideas ever.
To answer your question, yes I do wear mask and I will practice social distancing. I will follow social norms as that is a polite thing to do.
