Tag: Pandemic
Health: New Zealand Planning to Reopen Itself to Travellers
The Story:
The island-nation of New Zealand, which has had success at keeping Covid-19 at bay over the last 18 months through draconian travel controls,...
Silicon Valley Defending Governor Newsom
The Story:
The much anticipated votes on whether to recall Governor Gavin Newsom and, if so, with whom to replace him is still two months...
Health: The Early History of the Pandemic
The Story:
Fortunately, the danger posed to much of the population of the world by the Covid-19 pandemic seems at last to be receding in...
Health: Why New Zealand has been virtually Covid free
The Story:
For more than a year now, as the rest of the globe has struggled through various policy contortions, controversies, and surges, with the...
Health: Governors Take Initiative in Brazil
The Story:
The Governors of the 26 states of Brazil, a country that has been hit very hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, are now executing...
Health: Poaching and Epidemics
The Story:
One of the less noticed side effects of the global pandemic has been an increase in poaching: the illicit killing of specimens of...
Health: The History of This Plague
The Story:
Early in the course of the penetration of the Covid-19 virus into the United States (in February 26-27, 2020), a drug company, Biogen,...
Health: Americans are Avoiding Hospitals
The Story:
The Los Angeles Times recently ran a story about Deryn Warren, a bladder cancer patient who broke her wrist in November 2019. She...