Chapter 30 “was there any good from the COVIDs: the need for a properly funded socialized medicine system” The death count for the COVIDs was lowest in countries with a robust socialized medical system. Socialized medical systems not only offer care for the sick but spend some effort in making sure their patients do notContinue reading “Virus#26: Chapter 30: “was there any good from the COVIDs: the need for a properly funded medical system””
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Virus#26: Chapter 28: “so what happened to Canada?”
Chapter 28: “so what happened in Canada”? COVID carnage took its toll on Canadian COVID era politicians all of them going down to electoral defeat. The simple reason might be described as rage and displacement. Why did the medical system collapse so quickly? Where were the resources to fight COVID? It would seem that theContinue reading “Virus#26: Chapter 28: “so what happened to Canada?””
Virus#26: Chapter 27 “China Snuggles with TSAR Putin”
Chapter 27 “China snuggles with Tsar Putin” China never forgave former Donald J. Trump for calling the COVID-19 virus the “Chinese virus” and blaming China for a cover-up. Even when Biden won the US presidential election in 2020 so much animosity had congealed that even Biden’s attempt at rapprochement was ignored by the Chinese. ThenContinue reading “Virus#26: Chapter 27 “China Snuggles with TSAR Putin””
COVID POETRY CORNER: “Long-Term Care in the Province of Ontario during these COVID times”
Long-Term Care in the Province of Ontario During COVID Times Residing in a long-term care residence in Ontario is not so goodOver the years have they been managed by hoods?Chronic budget cutsby political and bureaucratic muttsapparently perfunctory inspections were the rulemoldy Charles Dicken’s Oliver Twist gruelour elderly and frail are taking a deadly hitor leftContinue reading “COVID POETRY CORNER: “Long-Term Care in the Province of Ontario during these COVID times””
Virus#26: Chapter 26 Vlad the Impaler becomes TSAR: Putin and Holy Mother Russia
Chapter 26 “Vlad the Impaler Becomes TSAR! Putin and holy mother Russia” As Russia was pounded by COVIDs its poor medical system collapsed quickly leading to a huge death count. Perpetual President Putin had many physicians daring to criticize the Russian medical system unfortunately fall out of windows to their death. The much-touted Russian COVIDContinue reading “Virus#26: Chapter 26 Vlad the Impaler becomes TSAR: Putin and Holy Mother Russia”
Virus#26: Donald J. Trump Assassinated
Chapter 25 “COVID political upheavals: Donald J. Trump assassinated.” By the time the 4 waves of COVID thundered through the globe many political leaders had been assassinated primarily by family members of the fatalities. The common thread of the assassinations was based on political mismanagement and hatred. As the former President of the United StatesContinue reading “Virus#26: Donald J. Trump Assassinated”
Poetry Corner: The forgotten COVID long haulers
The forgotten COVID long haulers No I am not talking about long distance truckersbut those who were COVID vaccinated and left with many side effects from the vaccineguaranteed no liability by the countries in which their vaccine was distributed was obscene The politico-medico jumping for joy claiming the vaccine was the light at the endContinue reading “Poetry Corner: The forgotten COVID long haulers”
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”
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