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  • Smallpox vs. Monkeypox

    The past few months have seen an increase in the number of cases of monkeypox in humans around the world.  [BTW, monkeypox is now known as Mpox because it seems […]

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  • Post-COVID, Part 2

    In my previous posting on this website, I discussed what we all need to do to help keep COVID in its place.  Masking, fist bumps, not shaking hands, vaccination, and […]

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  • Post-COVID

    Are we post-COVID yet?  Are we really post-COVID? Not really.  We may be past the major epidemic of COVID-19, but COVID is still with us.  I’ve known personally or heard […]

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  • The New Old

    Here we are, settling now into our new reality after the COVID pandemic.  The virus is ensconced well among us, still spreading and causing illness all over the United States […]

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  • Starting Up Again

    Well, here we are again.  I’m back to blogging, this time on my website, rather than my older blog.  I’ve been away for a couple of years trying to get […]

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  • After The Pandemic

    As I type this, the delta variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus is cutting its way through the population of unvaccinated people in the US like the proverbial bull in a […]

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  • Where Did SARS-CoV-2 Come From?

    In the ongoing pandemic caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, better known as COVID-19, the one most significant question about the virus and the pandemic itself is, where did the virus […]

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  • Immunize The Teachers

    Much has been made these past few months about re-opening schools now that the coronavirus vaccines are available and the spread of the virus seems to be waning, even though […]

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  • COVID And The Economy

    In an earlier post on this blog site I commented on COVID and herd immunity (scroll down to see it). What would happen, I asked, if we just let the […]

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  • After The Coronavirus

    The coronavirus pandemic continues: cases are increasing faster than medical facilities can accommodate them, lines for testing are miles long, deaths are mounting, and the virus has hit almost every […]

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  • COVID And Herd Immunity

    There’s been some talk lately of saying to heck with the idea of developing a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is currently causing the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, […]

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  • COVID-19 In The Long Term

    Up to now, I haven’t blogged or commented on the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, largely because anything I had to say would be to simply repeat the already well-known, tried-and-true rules […]

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