The history of pandemics is, at least in part, also the history of controversial disease control measures. Yesterday the fashion was exorcisms and bloodletting, and today it is face masks. Masks may seem...
A certain piece of popular mythology about viral evolution seems to be unkillable: that it is the nature of viruses to, over time, evolve to be less pathogenic and more contagious. The reasoning, the less...
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, or Coronavirus-19, had its first confirmed case in the United States on December 1, 2021. It was initially identified in the world on November 11th in Botswana and November...
Every 3 months, like clockwork, a new trove of previously unpublicized information comes out that nudges us closer and closer to uncovering the proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2: A peculiar set of February...
Pfizer and BioTech recently announced that their Covid-19 vaccine is now safe for children between the ages of 5 and 11. This statement was released after the first testing done on this age group had results...
Mt. Vernon High School’s juniors and seniors dressed their best for the 2021 prom at Daniel’s Vineyard on April 24th. Last year’s prom was cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19, so students were...
On Thursday, January 14, President Biden revealed his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package known as the “American Rescue Plan.” This plan is aimed to help drive the United States out of the economic...
COVID-19 cases are on the rise. The United States has more than 16.6 million COVID-19 cases and over 301,000 deaths. The most deaths recorded was the week of December 4th. Currently North Dakota has...
A couple weeks before COVID-19 hit, I started working at an assisted living facility. Before COVID-19, assisted living facilities were bustling with families visiting their loved ones, bingo games, and...
