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Bogota breakdown: 10 lessons from an endless COVID lockdown

July 22, 2021 Christopher Burke Pandemic One comment

Lockdown and its close-knit family of dry laws, masking, self-isolation, curfew and quarantine have had extended shelf life here in pandemic Colombia. Throw in

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My COVID-19 Vaccination: How it worked in New York State

February 1, 2021 Renee Shur Coronavirus Leave a comment

At 2:30 pm, on Friday, January 29, 2021, I became a COVD-19 statistic. That day, my name was entered into two databases: New York

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Biden announces Jan. 19, 2021 national memorial for COVID victims

January 10, 2021 Renee Shur 2020 Election, Activism, Coronavirus Leave a comment

January 20th is just nine days from the writing of this post. That day and the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala

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Trump’s obsession with grievance

December 18, 2020 Bill Kesler 2020 Election, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I’m a glutton for punishment. From time to time, I dip into Donald Trump’s @realDonaldTrump Twitter feed just to see what kind of insanity

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COVID-19 vaccines in a rich-country, poor-country world

December 18, 2020 Christopher Burke Health, Health care One comment

That we live in an unequal world is nothing new. Now, though, that reality may have unpredictable consequences for all of us. We are

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I tested negative for COVID-19: Here’s my story of exposure, anxiety and relief

August 7, 2020 Reece Ellis Coronavirus Leave a comment

I am not perfect, and I’ve never been particularly great at taking direction. As a child I always received low grades in art, of

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We’re all in this together. Where we are, where we need to go.

May 27, 2020 Susan Cunningham Community/Common good, Coronavirus Leave a comment

It’s already starting to happen. The healing. The power to love one another. The excitement of a shared commitment. The sense of wholeness when

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A little math, a lot of science: calculating COVID-19 risks

May 12, 2020 Bill Kesler Coronavirus Leave a comment

This morning’s New York Times roundup, by David Leonhart, mentioned a blog post by a Dartmouth biologist, Erin S. Bromage: The Risks – Know

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Life by numbers

April 29, 2020 Christopher Burke Coronavirus, International One comment

Once upon a time, we had Paint by Numbers. Now suddenly, we have Life by Numbers. Numbers circulate in our daily 2020 lives just

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800,000 MD’s call Trump’s Easter re-opening plan a prescription for disaster

March 28, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik Coronavirus, Health, Health care, Trump Leave a comment

800,000 doctors are telling Donald Trump that his “plan” to reopen businesses by Easter is a bad idea. In a letter delivered to Trump

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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