It’s hard to believe New Yorkers not only elected, but re-elected, this man: Mayor Bill de Blasio said some hospitalized patients who have tested positive for the coronavirus should still return to their nursing homes — even though they risk … Continue reading →
There has been an explosion of stories about the Chinese coverup of COVID-19. Rather than offer my own, I’m just going to link to a few. I will add, however, that this is mostly old news to those who have … Continue reading →
The French have made a discovery: A French hospital which has retested old samples from pneumonia patients discovered that it treated a man who had COVID-19 as early as Dec. 27, nearly a month before the French government confirmed its … Continue reading →
Dr. Birx made this claim in an interview on Saturday: I think we underestimated very early on the number of asymptomatic cases. And I think we’re really beginning to understand there are people that get infected that those symptoms are … Continue reading →
From T. S. Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men: In this last of meeting places We grope together And avoid speech Gathered on this beach of the tumid river… This is the way the world ends This is the way the … Continue reading →
Some NY area funeral directors are saying that all the deaths are being ascribed to COVID: “Basically, every death certificate that comes across our desk now has COVID on it,” said a funeral director in Williston Park, N.Y. [in greater … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan”] I love this: Rose Leigh-Manuell calls herself blessed. The vibrant great-great-grandmother is 101 years old. Her medical staff at Good Samaritan/Catholic Health Services in Sayville believes Leigh-Manuell’s strength and drive battled and beat the coronavirus. But … Continue reading →
Remember those drug trials that are going on regarding COVID-19? One of them concerns the antiviral remdesivir. First results are in: New results from a clinical trial conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases establish the drug … Continue reading →
A very happy and touching moment:
Continue reading →Nothing to see here pic.twitter.com/kJHHgjeRAA — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) April 29, 2020 The genesis of de Blasio’s admonition to “the Jewish community” – a pretty diverse group, and in NYC a fairly large one – was apparently a funeral for … Continue reading →
Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice would say. In Michigan: Of the 1,403 inmates tested at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Branch County, 785 of them tested positive for the virus. There are about 30 inmates still awaiting results as of Monday … Continue reading →
One of the many problems with evaluating what’s going on with COVID-19 is that no place on earth is quite like any other place. So one can pick and choose statistics from different areas, depending on what one wishes to … Continue reading →