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TMS New Years Card

January 10, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From my sister Theresa – Tis Time For A FUNDEMIC!

Posted in: Feminism, Flying, Pandemic, Thinking about Tagged: FUNDEMIC, New Years 2021, Theresa Marie Sergneri, TMS

‘Destructive madness’ – SWISSINFO on 01/06/2021

January 8, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Over at SWISSINFO is a telling summary of the Swiss newspaper editorials concerning the mob at the US Capitol on 01/06/2021: Swiss Perspectives The Tages-Anzeiger said: “If there’s one positive aspect to the storming of Congress, it’s that whoever still goes along with Trump’s insanity will now go down with him. In that respect, the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Pandemic, Politics, Thinking about, This Day in History, Trump Tagged: Blick, democracy, Donald Trump, Le Temps, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, NZZ, Swiss papers, Tages-Anzeiger, US Capitol riot

NiemanLAB – Russian, Chinese, and Iranian media are turning on Trump

October 28, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Meanwhile, over at NiemanLAB, an interesting analysis of these three “enemies” of the USA and their take on the election campaigns and the presidential prospects compared to 2016. Interesting times we live in? “Intransigence” and “ignorance” Sometimes, last-minute surprises upend the final month of the U.S. presidential race. This year was no exception, with Trump’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Pandemic, Politics, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: 2020 campaign, Al Alam News, China, debate, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, election cycle, Iran, Joe Biden, Kommersant, Newspaper, political narrative, Russia, Russian media, The Beijing News

BELIEVED DEAD IN STORM ON DIVIDE – BOLSHEVISM

October 25, 2020 by sergneri 2 Comments

Auburn Journal 20 February 1919 WEALTHY LINCOLN MAN BELIEVED DEAD IN STORM ON DIVIDE, BODY SOUGHT Lume Adams, well-to-do Lincoln man, 83 years old, was lost in a snow storm near Forest Hill early Tuesday morning of last week and it is believed he perished, as no trace of him has been found. Searching parties … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Obituaries, Pandemic, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Bolshevism, February 1919, Federal Reserve, gold, influenza, lost, Lume Adams, pestilence, snow storm, thrift

UPDATE (444): EARLY TREATMENT, HERD IMMUNITY, USA MOTORCYCLE RALLY

October 19, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 UPDATE (444): EARLY TREATMENT, HERD IMMUNITY, USA MOTORCYCLE RALLY, WHO, GLOBAL ********************************************************************** A ProMED-mail post ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases In this update: [1] Early treatment [2] Herd immunity is not the answer [3] USA (Sturgis, South Dakota): motorcycle rally [4] WHO: daily new cases reported … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Pandemic, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: clofazimine, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dexamethasone, Herd immunity, Hubei province, hyperimmune, influenza, intensive care, Kaletra, pandemic, R0, remdesivir, ribavirin, SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome, South Dakota, Sturgis, viral load, Yuen Kwok-Yung

The preexisting conditions of the coronavirus pandemic

October 18, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Over on Ars Technica, a link to an essay summarizing the data found in a new report from the Global Burden of Disease project based at the University of Washington – An enormous new data set peers into the health of the world’s population before 2020. Adam Rogers, wired.com – 10/18/2020, 4:07 AM Try to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, IT Failures, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: cardiovascular disease, Coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, essential workers, Global Burden of Disease, metabolic disorders, pandemic, people of color, poor, report, risk factors

AFTER THE “FLU”

October 14, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

An interesting editorial from the Fresno Republican, reprinted in the Calistoga California “Weekly Calistogian” of 14 February, 1919. It strikes me as interesting in both the thought given to what they expected after the epidemic but the need for social reform to support these expectation. – JS The Weekly Calistogian 14 February 1919 AFTER THE … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Pandemic, Thinking about Tagged: 1919 Spanish Influeza, Calistogian, convalescence, Fresno, grippe, influenza, pandemic, pneumonia, public health, public health service, public welfare service, social cost, Spanish Flu, tuberculosis

SPANISH INFLUENZA BROUGHT BY HUNS

October 13, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

If you thought that conspiracy theories were a modern invention, this one banged around the US newspapers in September 1918. Sadly, the influenza didn’t respect any borders and raged through Europe as readily as it did the USA: Riverside Daily Press 19 September 1918 SPANISH INFLUENZA BROUGHT BY HUNS Head of Health Section of Shipping Board … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Pandemic, Racism Tagged: boche, German, germs, huns, Spanish Influenza, submarines, U-boat

DR. POTTER WARNS PUBLIC

October 13, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the Morning Press, 24 August 1918, just before the Spanish influenza epidemic began to rage on the west coast of America: DR. POTTER WARNS PUBLIC AGAINST SPAIN’S INFLUENZA That Spanish influenza, a scourge which has attacked the great armies Europe, is bound to make its presence felt in the United States, was a prediction of … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Pandemic, Thinking about Tagged: American Medical Association, coughing, disease, epidemics, face mask, grippe, healthy, mask, sneezing, Spanish Influenza

Post-COVID-19 Sequelae

October 13, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Post-COVID-19 sequelae Date: Fri 31 Jul 2020 13:30 EDT Source: Science [abridged, edited] [se·que·la /sēˈkwelə/ noun Medicine plural a condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury. “the long-term sequelae of infection”] [AA’s] neuroscience lab reopened last month [June 2020] without her. Life for the 38-year-old is a pale shadow of what … [Read more…]

Posted in: Pandemic, Science, Thinking about Tagged: COVID-19, disease, illness, long-hauler, pneumonia, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, sequelae, Survivor studies, virus
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