The SARS-CoV-2 virus is surging again, something that was predictable given the way its evolution seems to be tracking that of the Spanish flu, and much of the U.S. medical community […]
Exercise is a vaccine
Fact vs belief
The worship at the church of the mask Another in-depth analysis of masks as a defense against Covid-19 is out, and it comes with conclusions much the same as those in the […]
Questionable priorities
The costs of machines dictating policy Alaska State Troopers are yet again trumpeting their desire to make everyone safe by taking extra efforts to enforce the nation’s mandatory seatbelt law. “…Troopers […]
What matters
While Americans continue to feud over face coverings, a huge new meta-analysis is out pointing to what really drives the burden of Covid-19 in the Western world: obesity and so-called comorbidities. The […]
Human guinea pigs
A news analysis More than a year into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, doctors in England finally took the bold step of intentionally exposing 36 young and healthy volunteers to the virus in what […]
Death stalks us all
On a purely statistical basis, I should be dead by now. It’s something I try to keep in mind while reporting on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Average life expectancy at my birth in […]
Accept thy neighbor
With Omicron now the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant in the United States, the time has come to accept defeat in the country’s medical Vietnam. We were never going to win this thing no […]
How it ends?
With the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday suggesting 60 percent of Europe could be infected with the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by March, it’s a good time to […]
The soft Americans
HIGH ABOVE FLYOVER COUNTRY – Encased in a tube full of masked humans carried on the wings of a Boeing 757 some 35,000 feet above the lights of civilization spread around […]
COVIDaziness
Just when you think the news on COVID-19 can’t get much crazier, there comes this from the Chinese media: “Great clue! Suspicious US seafood received at Huanan Seafood Market before the outbreak.” Forget the bats, […]
