By Relying On Unsustainable Measures, We Ignored Both History And Reality In The World’s Most Vulnerable Nation In June, 1918, in a crowded apartment block in the port city of Mumbai, India – then called Bombay – a crackling chorus of coughs echoed through the halls and streets. Several young people had fallen ill withContinue reading “How The World Failed India”
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A Coronavirus Pandemic: The World May Have Been Here Before.
Forgotten To History, A Late 19th Century Pandemic May Have Been A Coronavirus. Here’s What Happened Since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, we’ve been learning a lot about past pandemics and how they affected humanity and everyday life. Most of the pandemics we’ve heard about were due to influenza viruses. Flu viruses are differentContinue reading “A Coronavirus Pandemic: The World May Have Been Here Before.”
How Did The 1918 Pandemic End? I’m Not Sure You Want To Know
Short Of A Vaccine Or Drugs, The Pandemic Ends Only After Mass Illness and Death, Or Dumb Luck Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it. We hear that tired idiom often, and we heard it again at the start of the pandemic when comparisons were made to the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic,Continue reading “How Did The 1918 Pandemic End? I’m Not Sure You Want To Know”
With COVID-19: California May Have Only Delayed The Inevitable.
Journalist Joe Nocera has a problem. In his Bloomberg editorial this weekend (WARNING: paywalled), he wants to know why California, which is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases, isn’t getting the type of criticism that Florida, Texas and Arizona are getting. In the Golden State, cases are surging, positive test ratings are surging and hospitalsContinue reading “With COVID-19: California May Have Only Delayed The Inevitable.”
Nick Rafter Writes 