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Archive for August 28th, 2020
1st confirmed Covid-19 reinfection in U.S. reported
There appear to be two strains of Covid-19, and patients can get sick again. A reinfection case was first reported in Hong Kong, followed by two cases in Europe. Now there’s one here, too. The patient, after being sick for several days in April, became ill again, more severely the second time,[...]
Wrong black man violently arrested after fighting off San Antonio police
A black man accosted by police in a San Antonio apartment complex on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, resisted arrest and was violently thrown into a squad car. At least one of the arresting officers is black. Police responding to a “strangulation family violence” call from the complex told Mathi[...]
In memory of Dr. Steve Schwartz, who created this blog
Professor Stephen M. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., the founder and proprietor of The-Ave.US, passed away from COVID-19 on March 17, 2020. Read local press coverage here and here. Steve joined the University of Washington Medical School’s faculty in 1967 and had taught there since 1974. He was world-f[...]
A Tribute to Dr. Steve Schwartz, “Renaissance Man and Friend”
By Gary Kinslow I am lucky and proud to count this titan, this uber-renaissance man as a friend. He and Barb had recently moved up from a Tollycraft 34 foot trawler to a 43 foot cockpit motor yacht and they were looking forward to a future of cruising where ever the bow pointed. He prosyletized [&he[...]
Contributors Wanted
With Steve’s passing, I’m editing his blog, except for some items he post-dated, which post by themselves. There are 112 more of these coming, mostly this year and next year. If you would like to be a contributor, use the “Comments” box to this posting as an “article dr[...]
8 workers dead, 350 infected from Covid-19 at chicken processing plant
Eight workers have died and 350 others are infected from a Covid-19 outbreak at a 3,750-worker California poultry plant that public health officials have closed “until the plant is able to reopen safely,” after the company failed to fully implement safety recommendations made in June, NB[...]
All 3 Kenosha victims attempted to disarm the gunman
This article contains news with commentary That should be left to police. Beginning with Charlottesville, we’ve seen protesters chase their attackers, sometimes beating them up. But it’s crazy to charge a gunman, and 2 people are dead and another injured because they did. Ideally, police[...]
“Gas station secured small business bailout money, then paid for Trump billboards,” CNN
CNN isn’t saying it was illegal, only that it’s raising eyebrows. Read story here.[...]
Not exactly a cask of Amontillado
Does the word “Amontillado” ring a bell? High school English class, maybe? In Edgar Allen Poe’s 1846 short story “A Cask of Amontillado,” a character bricks his hapless victim into a catacombs niche. High school students have been reading it for over 150 years. The stor[...]