ONE YEAR AGO: “The situation in Wuhan is unusual, and we are not sure about the reasons behind the outbreak yet,” said Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee said after an urgent night-time meeting with officials and experts on New Year’s Eve. “Since we are now in the holiday season, and Hong Kong has close transport ties with Wuhan, we must stay alert.”
Japan has real time numbers showing high suicide numbers. What will happen in the rest of the world?
A strange subset of people are emerging.. losing hair, losing teeth. About 5% or so of those who get COVID not only don’t recover, but instead carry strange symptoms for the “long haul.” With the virus being new, it is difficult to tell just how long the “long haul” will be for this subset of those afflicted.
The COVID-19 vaccine may be a tough sell..
So many days in 2020 felt like a routine but mundane nightmare. Moments of the day occurred when it felt dreamlike, but one where a pinch did not wake you from the dreadful impact of the coronavirus.
So it is only appropriate that 2021’s Groundhog Day is already being affected
The dark winter begins.
This year has been bad for restaurants, but according to a Facebook post on Friday the 13th among industry insiders, they are experiencing the slowest day of their careers.
That weird note is popping up again, This time with reference to the 2020 pandemic
President Donald Trump’s doctors did little to calm nerves as a new week begins.. Trump remains in Walter Reed being treated for COVID-19..
Critics abound.. as do rumors of the President’s fears
In the midst of the media mania, White House official Alyssa Farah says power has not been transferred to Vice President Pence.
“The President is in charge,” she said, adding she is not aware of any additional coronavirus cases.
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The President is in charge. Let that statement sink in.. dwell on those words to consider just what state of affairs, and what a nail biter of a moment we are in .. American history textbooks will undoubtedly speak of this year. But they will also capture this very day. This day that we all have lived through..
