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Trump role in pandemic

Strange times, reckless behavior, nightmare scenarios

June 22, 2021 Bill Kesler Government, Missouri region, Uncategorized Leave a comment

What a bizarre month this has been. We’ve had Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) ask if the National Forest Service might change Earth’s orbit around

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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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Bogota quarantine: Nobody is hiring mariachis anymore

August 5, 2020 Christopher Burke Coronavirus, International One comment

In quarantine here in Bogotá, the days flow into more days. But sometimes the routine of sameness is broken up. At a certain moment,

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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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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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