Likewise, Paxlovid should’ve been distributed like candy, so that everyone would have a supply and could start the instant they tested positive.Through inaction, through delays, through safetyism that’s ironically caused millions of additional deaths, the regulatory bureaucracies of the US and other nations have a staggering amount to answer for. All the same, I wish I also could’ve taken a nasal vaccine, to neutralize the intruder at the gate. My body was as ready for this virus as my brain would’ve been for someone pointing a gun at my head and demanding to know a proof of the Karp-Lipton Theorem. I’m grateful for the vaccines, which have up to a 1% probability of having saved my life.Only then, up to a day later, comes the second vertical line on the plastic cartridge. First comes the foreboding (in my case, on the flight back home from the wonderful CQIQC meeting in Toronto)-“could this be COVID?”-the urge to reassure yourself that it isn’t, the premature relief when the test is negative.But this is just the nature of a Poisson process: 0, 0, 0, followed by 1. You might emerge from hiding once, ten times, a hundred times, be fine, and conclude (emotionally if not intellectually) that the danger must now be over, that if it were going to come at all then it already would have, that maybe you’re even magically safe. The same thing Salman Rushdie learned: either you spend your entire life in hiding, or eventually it’ll come for you.Dolson in a statement announcing his hiring thanked Glass "extensively, calling him a 'mentor' and praising his work running IU athletics these past 11 years as 'transformational' and 'ground-breaking'" ( INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 3/18).
WELL-DESERVED PROMOTION: In Indianapolis, Zach Osterman writes Dolson's "elevation can be seen in some respects as an endorsement of the past 11 years, during which time IU has enjoyed robust financial health, changed the face of its athletics campus through fundraising and capital improvements, enacted sweeping new initiatives aimed at improving student-athlete welfare and improved Indiana's competitive level in several sports." Glass has "often counted on Dolson's counsel and support, and on Dolson's extensive contacts across the department's wide alumni base. Continuity was a "major selling point for Dolson's hire, and his long history with the department ended up setting him apart from a pool of about 50 applicants." Dolson started working for IU's Varsity Club in '89 and "worked his way up to director." That has made him a "major player in the program's fundraising efforts." In his role as Deputy AD, Dolson has "overseen internal and external operations for the athletic department." Dolson also "directly oversees the men's basketball program." The IU BOT "will vote on Dolson's hire during its next meeting, which is currently scheduled for April 8-9." Dolson is "scheduled to take over for Glass at the start of the next academic year, sometime in August." Many of the achievements Glass is "given credit for, Dolson has played some role." He "helped oversee strategic planning" for more than $150M in "facility construction and renovation as part of the university's Bicentennial Facilities master plan" ( Bloomington HERALD-TIMES, 3/18). Dolson, who has been in his role since '09, was "recommended" to IU President Michael McRobbie by a 14-person search committee. Deputy AD & COO Scott Dolson has been appointed as the school's next AD, replacing the outgoing Fred Glass, who is "set to retire at the end of the academic year," according to Jon Blau of the Bloomington HERALD-TIMES.
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