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Just months ago, Western leaders were scoffing at Chinese President Xi Jinping because the restrictions he imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus seemed draconian even for totalitarian China. Yet this pandemic soon had those Western leaders joining others the world over to impose similar restrictions. It is notable, though, that US President Donald… Read more.
And far too many people seem willing to forsake all else to ogle every one of them. I thought a silver lining in the coronavirus dark cloud was that stay-at-home orders might force people to reconnect with loved ones. Silly me. Instead, it appears most people are spending their time making videos they think will… Read more.
The following would be funny if it did not reflect reality in this time of corona: As medical staff in the US face a rising number of COVID-19 cases with a dwindling supply of protective gear, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its advice, suggesting that, in a crisis, healthcare workers… Read more.
Remarkably, this “novel coronavirus” outbreak is generating more public hype and hysteria than the ongoing US presidential election. And, as I determined with the latter, I fully intended to limit commentaries on the former to one, which I published a few weeks ago. I’ve been persuaded, however, that another commentary might help those fighting not… Read more.
Evidently, some of you have taken offense to my “flippant” take on this unfolding coronavirus pandemic. I regret that. But I feel constrained to note that I invariably juxtapose my take with far more deadly concerns like the seasonal flu and the tornado that just devastated Tennessee. It is in this panic-driven context that I… Read more.
First reports on this coronavirus outbreak in early January gave the impression that it posed the greatest viral threat to human kind since the Bubonic Plague (a.k.a. the Black Death). Like this virus, the plague originated in Asia. The latter killed over 50 million people in Europe between 1346 and 1353. Reports suggested the former… Read more.
