Ideas, Opinions, Genealogy, and Book Reviews
Wear a mask. Protect yourself and those you come in contact with. It is madness not to wear a mask. Masks are a commonsense public health method to stop the spread of the coronavirus that has caused several hundred thousand deaths in the US. This is not a political statement.
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I completely enjoyed Plunder : A Brett Carson Thriller by Keith Wilson. I read it over a 2 day period and only rarely putting it down. I thank Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for the privilege of reading Plunder . The book is now available as both Kindle and paperback editions.
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In a series of great moves, President Trump seems to be trying to make the current pandemic worse for all Americans, especially middle class and poor Americans.
Millions are unemployed and over 140,000 Americans are dead. It did not have to be this bad.
Continue reading “Making the COVID-19 pandemic worse”
Despite the rising death toll in Georgia the governor is doubling down on his previous policies of laxity and not allowing localities to be stricter in trying to limit deaths from COVID-19.
Continue reading “Masks Matter”
As a retired CDC employee and scientist I read the recent perspective in the Washington Post by 4 former directors of that public health agency.
It starts like this:
Continue reading “Read how the administration is undermining and endangering public health”
It has been months, yet Congress fails to get serious. Our Congress fails again to seriously address the public heath emergency caused by the Zika virus.
President Obama requested $1.9 billion for Zika prevention about 6 months ago, but Congress has not been able to agree on a bill to fund this. Not much has changed since I wrote about this almost a month ago (see Zika, politics as usual) except that Congress has left on vacation without doing anything. Continue reading “Congress fails again”
Zika is a public health emergency. Yet Congress sees it as Zika, politics as usual. It is a chance to get what you want in return for the other side being able to provide funds to address a public heath emergency.
I get a weekly newsletter from Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA). In this week’s newsletter he was talking about how the Republicans are trying to pass a bill to fund the research and the fight against the Zika virus. The bill also includes provisions relating to military construction and veterans affairs. The Democrats are filibustering this commonsense bill. In Senator Toomey’s words: Continue reading “Zika, politics as usual”