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EPIDEMIC WELL UNDER CONTROL, IT IS REPORTED

July 12, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The newspaper article below seems too familiar to our current state in July 2020: San Diego Union and Daily Bee 29 October 1918 EPIDEMIC WELL UNDER CONTROL, IT IS REPORTED Health Board Renews Request For Wearing Masks and Suggests Precautions. Two deaths and 40 new cases summed up the course of the Spanish influenza epidemic … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Pandemic Tagged: 1918, face masks, gauze masks, masks, Spanish Influenza, vaccination, vaccine

The Beard is Gone

April 6, 2020 by sergneri 2 Comments

Last time I shaved off my beard was in 2009, just after I was fired during the recession. Then I did it just to see what was under the facial hair, as part of the ritual of self-examination during a fit of depression. This time I cut it off slowly to make sure my face … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Content, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: balaclavas, climate emergency, consumptions, face masks, fatal weight, health care, Muffin, mustache, my beard, Pandemic Journal, soul patch

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