Chapter 24 “The forgotten long haulers” Long haulers are those COVID-19 infected who “recovered” from their infection. However, I use the term “recovery” with much trepidation for about 65% of the lang haulers developed a myriad of side effects and even to this day we physicians are uncertain why these side effects arose. 38% ofContinue reading “Vitrus#26: “The forgotten long haulers””
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Virus#26:Chapter 23: the great COVID hope: Vaccine!
Chapter 23: “the great COVID hope; VACCINE!” I can’t resist reminiscing to the 1970’s or perhaps the late 1980’s where in boxing there was the concept of the “Great White Hope” that fantasized a Caucasian could rise from the ashes of Jack Dempsey and override Cassius Clay and Sony Liston and defeat an African AmericanContinue reading “Virus#26:Chapter 23: the great COVID hope: Vaccine!”
Virus#26; Chapter 22″lessons learnt from the COVIDs: Aboriginals fall again to disease
Chapter 22 “Lessons learnt from the COVIDs; Aboriginals fall again to disease” My knowledge of the aboriginal peoples of North America was perhaps greater than most as I did a research paper for the “Canadian Cardiological Review” on cardiac disease amongst the Canadian aboriginal community or First Nations” if that is more politically correct. CardiacContinue reading “Virus#26; Chapter 22″lessons learnt from the COVIDs: Aboriginals fall again to disease”
VIRUS#26: Chapter 21:lessons learnt from the COVIDs: more domestic and sexual abuse and increased mental illness
Chapter 21 “lessons learnt from the COVIDs: more domestic and sexual abuse and increased mental illness” If you are being bashed around and sexually abused at home and COVID has you locked down at home you are really in a prison cell. My friends in our emergency ward at my hospital told me of increasedContinue reading “VIRUS#26: Chapter 21:lessons learnt from the COVIDs: more domestic and sexual abuse and increased mental illness”
“Dear Comrades!” The great contradictions of Communism
I clicked with this movie very quickly just reading the promotional material send about it with a link to the film. You might say I have lived through part of it having spent about a year of my life in the Eastern Block or often referred to as the Communist Block of Eastern Europe. IContinue reading ““Dear Comrades!” The great contradictions of Communism”
Poetry Corner “Half in a Daze”
Half In a Daze Now than Pence and Trump are gone is good newsbut hours in front of CNN anti-Trump television spewsit’s not normal suddenly seeing an absence vitriol and hatemy poor mind feels like it is being flushed down the sewer grateit’s back to murder and warswhich for me is the boreshopefully myContinue reading “Poetry Corner “Half in a Daze””
Virus#26: Chapter 20 lessons learnt from the COVID’s: sick seniors get slammed in long-term care
Chapter 20 “lessons learnt from the COVIDs: sick seniors get slammed in long-term care” After 65 years of age COVID found many victims so many so it virtually cleaned out long-term care homes. The worst hit were in privately run senior’s residences and long-term care facilities. The profit motive and proper senior’s care were notContinue reading “Virus#26: Chapter 20 lessons learnt from the COVID’s: sick seniors get slammed in long-term care”
Virus#26:Chapter 19:lessons learnt from the COVIDs civil rights on hold
Chapter 19 “lessons learnt from COVID-19: civil rights on hold” Historians looked back on the COVID-19 days and remarked about the abrogation of civil rights of course justified by the violating governments under the guise of emergency orders all about protecting the greater civil good and “public safety”. Strange of the incredible increase of wealthContinue reading “Virus#26:Chapter 19:lessons learnt from the COVIDs civil rights on hold”
Virus#26: Chapter 18: lessons learnt from the COVIDs collateral damages the loss of employment and the rise of extremism and violence
Chapter 18 “Lessons Learnt From the COVIDs: collateral damages; the death of employment and the rise of extremism and violence” The closures of the economies led to the “root of all evil” and that was the closure of the economy aside for what might be called an “essential business”. The effect was mass unemployment. ThisContinue reading “Virus#26: Chapter 18: lessons learnt from the COVIDs collateral damages the loss of employment and the rise of extremism and violence”
Poetry Break: “Welcome Joe Biden”
“Welcome President Biden” You are now the President of the United Statesa welcome blessing from the former President that was replete with hatesyou have a very tough job ahead of you with a fractured America left and created by your predecessor who failed his attempt at a coupbut for most of us history knows he’llContinue reading “Poetry Break: “Welcome Joe Biden””
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