Accentuating the negative and eliminating the positive leads to irrational and ineffective responses. Today, like yesterday and tomorrow, news outlets will announce the number of new COVID-19 cases. “Cases,” in this case, will be the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday’s announcement. In the spirit of accentuate the negative and eliminate…
They put U.S. families at risk and migrant families, too. Photo by: Marco Ugarte A migrant child smiles as he waits to be treated for an unknown infection on his body at the Jesus del Buen Pastor del Pobre y el Migrante shelter, in Tapachula, Mexico, Saturday, June 1, 2019. President Donald Trump threatened a…
Greetings from Tyler, We can’t help wondering whether this is still the same country. The big guy says they’re checking to see whether the government can FORCE everyone in the population to get vaccinated. They’ve tried every other angle. They’ve said the un-vaxed are a danger to themselves, their families and everybody with whom they…
Fauci asserted the CDC supports local mask mandates. Dr. Anthony Fauci said on CNN Saturday that bringing back mask mandates is “under active consideration,” and that he is “part of the discussion” around the decision. Fauci was questioned by CNN anchor Jake Tapper on whether he was part of conversations with top health officials on whether to impose a…
Rep. Madison Cawthorne (R-North Carolina). Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images Rep. Madison Cawthorn said President Joe Biden’s call to offer COVID-19 vaccines door-to-door could lead to the government taking people’s guns and bibles. Cawthorn, a Republican from North Carolina, was speaking Friday during an interview at…
More people worldwide have died of COVID-19 so far this year than during all of last year, according to data tallied by Johns Hopkins University. So far, 3.77 million deaths have been reported since the pandemic began — with 1.89 million reported in 2021 exceeding the 1.88 million deaths counted as of December 31, 2020. While the true…
“I think we should continue to investigate what went on in China,” the leading infectious diseases expert said. Story at a glance: Anthony Fauci is not sure COVID-19 is a natural disease. Fauci wants a full investigation in China. A Chinese official has denied his country’s association with the virus, citing the WHO report, saying…
Remarkable 5 days of bad developments stretching from Israel to the Mexican border, up East Coast via Colonial Pipeline. Memo to President Biden: Life moves pretty fast, and now the world is on fire. Israel is erupting, Americans are utterly confused when masks should be worn for COVID-19 protection and then there are the agita-inducing long lines for gasoline. And that was just…
A cyclist wearing a face mask rides along a downtown street amid the coronavirus outbreak on May 19, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. Yu Ruidong/China News Service via Getty Images Canada’s third coronavirus wave is affecting young people more severely than before. Top health officials say the surge of infections are fueled by new COVID-19 variants….