From a writer just outside of Chicago…. I’ve followed the advice of Dr. Robert Murphy a professor of infectious disease at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the executive director for The Institute for Global Health. He has always struck me as an unbiased professional without a vested interest. In his opinion, as ofContinue reading “January 8, 2021 14:16 Letters from the Front”
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January 8, 2021 10:06 On a rampage
From Reuters… London declared a major incident on Friday because its hospitals were at risk of being overwhelmed by a highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus racing “out of control” across the United Kingdom. Britain has the world’s fifth worst official death toll from COVID-19 at over 78,000, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has shutteredContinue reading “January 8, 2021 10:06 On a rampage”
January 1, 2021 14:12 More strains
From Reuters…. “A more infections variant of COVID-19 that has swept through the United Kingdom has been identified in Florida, state health officials said on Thursday, marking the third known U.S. state to identify such a case. The Florida Department of Health said the case involved a male in his 20s in Martin County withContinue reading “January 1, 2021 14:12 More strains”
January 1, 2021 10:19 Shots miss the mark
From Reuters…. “Only about 2.8 million Americans had received a COVID-19 vaccine going into the last day of December, putting the United States far short of the government’s target to vaccinate 20 million people this month. “The Federal Government has distributed the vaccines to the states. Now it is up to the states to administer.Continue reading “January 1, 2021 10:19 Shots miss the mark”
December 25, 2020 18:00 Merry Christmas
An insightful tweet from Twitter….
December 21, 2020 09:57 Letters from the Front
From a writer someplace outside of Chicago…. Until we meet again, until then… We had met during bad times. Two guys stuck in unemployment. He became my best friend. Seth was at heart a writer but he was also a master of improvisation at making life better. That was his real art form. Where didContinue reading “December 21, 2020 09:57 Letters from the Front”
November 30, 2020 18:30 Make America Great Again
From Twitter…
November 30, 2020 11:18 Lingering effects
The Harvard Health Blog…. “The COVID pandemic has now claimed as many American lives as World War I, the Vietnam War, and the Korean War combined. Most of these deaths are due to the well-known pulmonary complications of the coronavirus. It has become increasingly recognized, however, that the virus also attacks the nervous system. Doctors in aContinue reading “November 30, 2020 11:18 Lingering effects”
November 29, 2020 07:45 Stock market bubble
From NBC news…. “The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high of 30,000 on Tuesday, a symbolically significant benchmark in a year that has been whipsawed by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and a bruising election cycle. The Dow rose by over 450 points to close the day at 30,045, a recordContinue reading “November 29, 2020 07:45 Stock market bubble”
November 28, 2020 18:32 Hackers
From CNN…. “North Korean hackers are suspected to have carried out a cyberattack against British coronavirus vaccine developer AstraZeneca in recent weeks, Reuters revealed Friday, citing two unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter.According to Reuters, North Korean hackers posed as recruiters on networking site LinkedIn and WhatsApp in order to approach AstraZeneca staff, including those workingContinue reading “November 28, 2020 18:32 Hackers”
The Plague 2020 