No Lockdowns: The Terrifying Polio Pandemic of 1949-52
Many people infected with polio don’t show any symptoms. Some become temporarily paralyzed; for others, it’s permanent. In 1952, the…
Many people infected with polio don’t show any symptoms. Some become temporarily paralyzed; for others, it’s permanent. In 1952, the…
The year was 1957. Elvis’s new movie “Jailhouse Rock” was packing the theaters. The last episode of “I Love Lucy”…
In my lifetime, there was another deadly flu epidemic in the United States. The flu spread from Hong Kong to…
We have heretofore lived our lives with the presumption that we possess the inalienable right to choose. We are self-governors,…
Two months ago, it had been mandatory in my local grocery to use only shopping bags brought from home. Plastic…
With the latest reports of plummeting death rates from all causes, this crisis is over. The pandemic of doom erupted…
Two months ago, it had been mandatory in my local grocery to use only shopping bags brought from home. Plastic…
Most of us didn’t realize, until very recently, what a remarkable stain is put upon a person (or whole people)…
Thinking back to February 28, 2020, and the New England Journal of Medicine. It published an article called “Covid-19 —…
I’ve been busy almost daily with talks on the continuing crisis in our economic lives. There is so much to…