AvataramiteAvatarAvatarBehind the Birth of an Anti-Vaccine Storyverified_publisherThe New York Times - Stuart A. ThompsonBefore he received his second shot of a Covid-19 vaccine, there was little reason to think that George Watts Jr. was about to die. He was 24 and showed no obvious health problems. His family said he lived cautiously. He spent most of his time playing video games in his room at his parents’ house in …
AvataramiteThe shocking truth about kids, Covid, and school closuresMSNBC on YouTubeAs our kids return to school this year, it’s worth asking: What was the real impact of school closures during the height of the pandemic? Mehdi Hasan takes a...
AvataramiteAvatarAvatarThe Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis’s Vaccine Turnaboutverified_publisherThe New York Times - Sharon LaFraniereOn a Saturday in September 2020, with Covid-19 killing more than 600 Americans daily and hundreds of thousands of deaths still to come, Dr. Deborah L. Birx, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, heard her cellphone ring. It was Dr. Scott Rivkees, the Florida surgeon general. He was …
AvataramiteFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIf You Think Joe Rogan Is Credible, This Bizarre Clip of Him Yelling at a Scientist Will Probably Change Your Mindverified_publisherfuturism.com - Noor Al-SibaiHe's always been like this. Podcaster Joe Rogan is once again in the news for being an anti-science dimwit — and even a quick perusal of his past …
AvataramiteAvatarAvatarNew Data Links Pandemic’s Origins to Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market (Published 2023)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Benjamin MuellerGenetic samples from the market were recently uploaded to an international database and then removed after scientists asked China about them. An international team of virus experts said on Thursday that they had found genetic data from a market in Wuhan, China, linking the coronavirus with raccoon …
AvataramiteFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLet Them Eat Plague!unity-struggle-unity.org - Cde. Dremel“When one individual inflicts injury upon another such that death results, we call that manslaughter. When society places hundreds in a position that …
AvataramiteFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe pandemic hurt church attendance, especially among younger Americansonlysky.media - Hemant MehtaReading Time: 4 minutes In the years since the pandemic began, church attendance among young people has suffered a major decline, hastening a problem …
AvataramiteAvatarAvatarCovid-19 Is Just the Beginning of the War on Virusesverified_publisherBloomberg Opinion - By Lara Williams“Nearly three dozen people in China have been sickened by a newly identified virus.” Nope, that isn’t a throwback to 2020. Scientists have identified a new virus named Langya henipavirus, or LayV. The good news is that we’re talking about just 35 cases since 2018, and it doesn’t look like …
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AvataramiteAvatarAvatarCoping With ‘Zero Covid’ (Published 2022)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Ian Prasad PhilbrickOur correspondent takes you inside Shanghai’s Covid lockdown. As much of the world lifted pandemic restrictions this spring, China did the opposite. Its “zero Covid” approach tries to eliminate the virus using extreme constraints. Officials began to lock down Shanghai, China’s largest city, in March …
AvataramiteFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe COVID Testing Company That Missed 96% of Casespropublica.org - Anjeanette DamonState and local officials across Nevada signed agreements with Northshore Clinical Labs, a COVID testing laboratory run by men with local political …
AvataramiteAvatarAvatarWhy India's real Covid toll may never be knownverified_publisherBBC News - By Soutik BiswasBBC News WHO figures suggest India's reported pandemic deaths are far higher than the government reported. Why India's real Covid toll may never be known