It only took Omicron a few weeks to spread all over the country. It is 400% more contagious than even Delta. To put that into perspective, Delta was only 10% more infectious than the original virus. You know what Delta did. You can’t imagine what is coming in the next few weeks. Let’s get specific: … Read More
Omicron; what goes around comes around- in more ways than one. What was the United States’ reaction to the news of Omicron? What is a travel ban? As soon as the US government found out about Omicron, the President took several wise steps. We’re going to talk about one of his stupid decision- an all … Read More
(See the previous post for an explanation of medical- scientific terms). What is Omicron? “Omicron” is an important new ‘cousin’ of the SARS-Cov-2 virus (the original virus of the pandemic). It was identified in Southern Africa (South Africa and Zimbabwe) a few weeks ago. The previous dominant version, the Delta variant, “Delta”, caused huge trouble … Read More
Before we talk about Omicron, let’s go back over some important medical terms. Particles. Viruses are very very tiny. Even with a really good microscope, you can’t see them. Also, there is debate on whether a virus is actually a living being or not For both of those reasons, individual viral organisms are called particles. … Read More
What is the WHO? The World Health Organization (WHO) tracks and manages pandemics. [1] The WHO organizes and coordinates the world’s response to global disease. [2] Despite what you may have heard (from Trump), the WHO doesn’t play favorites. The advice and guidance from the WHO are even-handed. That means that they aren’t going to … Read More
Trump’s agenda? We agree that Donald Trump is the President of the United States of America (POTUS). His current objective is to get us to ignore the pandemic until after the Presidential election in November 2020. [1] What does he do? He is intentionally destroying America from so many directions that it’s hard to know … Read More
How, when, and where to go ‘back to school’ got complicated. That’s not surprising. Nobody seems to trust anybody these days. However, few things are as important as our kid’s education. For their sake and for our future, let’s talk about things with a little less emotion. Put a pause on unproductive assumptions (even if … Read More
What in the world is Trump doing? In times of national peril, Americans rightly expect to hear at least some truth from our President. We even expect him to do what is best for America when it really counts. However, the information that Trump gives us about COVID-19 is intentionally false. It’s hard for us … Read More
This was a long time coming To some of us, it was obvious long ago that the American healthcare system was irretrievably broken. It was not a question of if it would catastrophically fail. The only question was when. Indeed, it is even clear that the way we go about fixing it is was completely … Read More
Why has a “cold virus” become such a big problem? Here’s the short answer: It’s true that most people don’t die when they get sick. It mostly kills folks who are already a little sick, fragile, older-aged, and/or don’t normally get good healthcare. Because we didn’t prepare to protect our vulnerable citizens as we should … Read More
