By Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer When my partner’s father died of Covid-19 in April 2020, what I found my thoughts lingering on, in the numb days and weeks that followed, were his text messages. “I have the. Virus” is how we first found out he’d gotten it, a phrase whose...
Michael Osterholm: Covid-19 keeps firing 210-mph curveballs at us
Opinion by Peter Bergen Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the senior editor of the Coronavirus Daily Brief and author of the...
This is Your Brain. This is Your Brain on Covid.
If You Think Covid Is “Just the Flu”… You’re an Idiot By umair haque with comment by Dr. Bob Rufsvold The article (opinion piece) from Medium, by Hague, addresses some of the ramifications of this research, and of the concerted efforts, and political decisions, to...
Long COVID Mini-Series: Burden
By Katelyn Jetelina This week I’m diving deep into long COVID. We’ve been so focused on the pandemic’s impact on lives lost that we’ve neglected to recognize health lost. This mini-series will be 5 posts in total on long COVID: burden, impact on specific organs,...
SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank
By Gwenaëlle Douaud, et al. With comment from Dr. Bob Rufsvold The research from the UK is a worrisome tip-of-the-iceberg indicator, one that goes beyond our current understanding of “Long COVID” symptoms that many people are experiencing.Bob Rufsvold MD Abstract...
The Vaccine Moment, part three
Or: How to think about Klaus Schwab By Paul KingsnorthOriginally published in The Abbey of Misrule on December 20, 2021 The coming ‘Internet of Bodies’, according to the Rand Corporation. THIS ESSAY IS NOW AVAILABLE, ALONG WITH ITS TWO COMPANIONS, AS A FREE,...
The Vaccine Moment, part two
On Symbol and Story By Paul KingsnorthOriginally published in The Abbey of Misrule on December 9, 2021 THIS ESSAY IS NOW AVAILABLE, ALONG WITH ITS TWO COMPANIONS, AS A FREE, DOWNLOADABLE EBOOK. YOU CAN FIND IT HERE. Tolstoy once claimed that there were only two...
The Vaccine Moment, part one
On the days of revelation By Paul Kingsnorth Originally published in The Abbey of Misrule on November 21, 2021 THIS ESSAY IS NOW AVAILABLE, ALONG WITH ITS TWO COMPANIONS, AS A FREE, DOWNLOADABLE EBOOK. YOU CAN FIND IT HERE. Perhaps it’s because I’m English, or...
Johns Hopkins Health Security Headlines
Today's Headlines: February 18, 2022 Editors: Divya Hosangadi, MSPH; Natasha Kaushal, MSPH; Marc Trotochaud, MSPH; Prarthana Vasudevan, MS, MSPH; and, Rachel Vahey, MHS with comment from Michael Lerner State of the art reviews of pandemic developments. Large study...
Antihistamines for Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Article originally published in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners; Feb. 7, 2022; Melissa D. Pinto, Natalie Lambert, Charles A. Downs, Heather Abrahim, Thomas D. Hughes, Amir M. Rahmani, Candace W. Burton, Rana Chakraborty;...
Wuhan Lab Leak: EcoHealth, which facilitated US support to Wuhan Lab, sought CIA contracts
Here is more intriguing coverage of the Wuhan Lab Leak theory of the origin of Covid. A senior staff member at EcoHealth ."In an interview last week with TrialSite, Andrew Huff, a former vice president of data and technology at the organization, alleged that...
COVID-19 Situation Report
From the February 15, 2022 Newsletter; Editor: Alyson Browett, MPH with comment from Michael Lerner The Johns Hopkins Covid websites and reports are top of their class for straightsummaries of the often confusing news. I read them all.Michael Lerner VACCINE FOR <5...
Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case
Massive study shows a long-term, substantial rise in risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. By Saima May Sidik with Commentary from Michael Lerner We read in the media that we're moving past Covid. The word is...
There Is Nothing Normal about One Million People Dead from COVID
Mass media and policy makers are pushing for a return to pre-COVID times while trying to normalize a staggering death toll AUTHOR Steven W. Thrasher, Ph.D., is a Scientific American columnist and professor at Northwestern University in the Medill School of Journalism...
CBD inhibits SARS-CoVid-2 replication
By LONG CHI NGUYEN, et al. Published in ScienceAdvances ~ January 20, 2022 with Commentary by Michael Lerner While we have posted several science news reports on the effects of CBD on SARS-CoVid-2 replication, it is worth reading, and pondering the science article...