She’s dead. Two weeks ago, she was a healthy 20-year-old daycare teacher. Now, she’s another Covid-19 statistic in Idaho. “Idaho continues to set record highs with 686 hospitalized COVID-19 patients as of September 18, 180 of them in intensive care unit beds and 112 on ventilators,[...]
Archive for September, 2021
September 23rd, 2021 - 2:24 pm § in Racism
Robert E. Lee statue replaced with slave tribute
Robert E. Lee wasn’t the hero of mythology. He was a slaveowner who led an army that fought a treasonous war of rebellion with the aim of preserving the “abominable institution” of slavery. Good riddance to his statue. Southern whites were never victims of oppression; they were opp[...]
The stupid stuff Trumpers believe
Better skip the salad dressing at your next outing in a no-masks-allowed restaurant. The government is sneaking vaccine into it. At least, that’s what rightwing conspiracy-mongers like Mike Flynn are saying now. Allow me to let you in on a closely-guarded liberal secret. If we’re going t[...]
September 23rd, 2021 - 1:46 am § in Health
Do masks work?
From the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve been told that masks were the best protection against Covid-19, and the best way to stop it from spreading, until vaccines became available. Yet there are plenty of people who claim masks are useless. Who’s right? The medical community has been s[...]
September 22nd, 2021 - 11:42 pm § in Misc.
The fugitive
First of all, I have no idea where he is. If you need to ask who “he” is, you’ve been cut off from civilization the last 2 weeks. The Daily Mail says (here), “As of Tuesday, the hashtag #GabbyPetito has received more than 650 million views on the social media platform TikTok,[...]
September 22nd, 2021 - 9:07 pm § in Science
Will JWST finally get off the ground?
It cost 10 billion bucks, and is 14 years behind schedule, but the James Webb Space Telescope will finally launch into space on October 31, 2021. No wait, that date is now December 18, 2021, which probably should be considered as tentative, too. In the early days of science, gentlemen astronomers bu[...]
September 22nd, 2021 - 7:37 pm § in Misc.
Ranchers vs. wolves
I can’t say that I really blame them. Livestock are money. Losing cattle or sheep to wolves comes straight out of their incomes. On the other hand, a planet with nothing but farms and ranches, cows and sheep, would be a dreary world. More importantly, wolves have a role to play in the ecosyste[...]
This time Biden is wrong
The White House opposes a provision that Republicans added to a defense bill which would require honorable discharges for troops who refuse to get the Covid-19 vaccination. (See story here.) A dishonorable discharge elevates vaccine refusal to the status of a crime. It does more than disqualify a pe[...]
September 22nd, 2021 - 3:56 pm § in Health
PHOTOGRAPHY: Advertising
It’s not a real funeral home, but a stunt by an advertising agency. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
September 22nd, 2021 - 3:33 pm § in Health, Law and Courts
Reinstate this doctor
No good deed shall go unpunished. So it was with Dr. Hasan Gokal (photo, left), supervisor of a Houston vaccination site, who rounded up 10 people and gave them shots instead of throwing away vaccine from opened and partly used vials. He even got permission first from a superior at the public health[...]