Covid-19

What we learned from the animal DNA samples — Sorry, this is yet another lab leak article. I’ll get back to writing about other topics, soon, but this topic keeps hitting the news. I’ll probably write 1 or 2 more of these. The latest news is that a group of scientists shared their analysis of DNA data from the…

Do I look ill? I had the surprising result of my first positive Covid test yesterday. I was in the “no Covid to my knowledge” club (my husband and I had a very brief flu at the start of Covid we were never 100% sure about). I had been feeling…

(what did we learn, and where to go from here) March 20, 2020. We were in Belgium, with all our paperwork and passports and visa at the Indian Embassy. I was at the bus stop, picking up my daughter from her last day of school before we were scheduled to…

Insights on Political Turmoil, Trade Wars, Pandemic Impacts, and Investment Opportunities in the Stock Market — Introduction The US economy has been in the spotlight for the past four years, as the country witnessed a lot of ups and downs during this period. The economy was affected by several factors, including political turmoil, trade wars, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The stock market has been volatile, and many…

But Blink, and you’ll miss it! — 1/. Another Step in the right direction? We’re about to find out. 30/5/2020, Saturday: Raging Pandemic continues in the UK: Science is at the forefront again this morning. Sage scientists are now (and only now) raging against the political decision to move us all towards Step 2, starting with the crazy six people in your garden nonsense. They are saying that it’s…

21 March 2023 Earlier tonight, I was watching an episode of American Masters about Dr. Anthony Fauci. It was a retrospective of his career, looking back not just at his role in recent years fighting the spread of COVID-19, but his earlier work during the start of the AIDS epidemic…

Yeah, people really are still getting sick — For the past three years, my husband and I managed to dodge getting infected with COVID-19, despite the fact that we both work in public schools. I am grateful for that. But we finally did get sick last week, two days before our spring break started. Like most other people…