Coronavirus

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – May 31: Boris Johnson Turns Over Covid-Related Texts, Covid Can Cause Cholesterol Issues

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,176th day of the pandemic as well as National Speak in Complete Sentences Day. However, National Grammar Day is March 4th, because it is the only day that is a complete sentence.
OP-ED ON WEDNESDAY
Is the world just one big infection after another?  It’s not just Covid, of course, and never …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – May 30: Head of China CDC Says Don’t Rule Out Lab Leak; Infections With Little-Known Virus Explode, CDC Warns

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,175th day of the pandemic as well as International Hug Your Cat Day. Your cat may not like it, but do it anyway.
OP-ED ON TUESDAY
Clothing Entrepreneur is Making a Better Mousetrap for Covid
Clothing entrepreneur Juliana Lam thinks she may have a better mousetrap for stopping SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Lam, the chairman of …

What Happens at the End of a Pandemic, If There Even is an End?

No one wants a return to a semblance of the pre-pandemic life we all enjoyed before early 2020 more than I do.  However, just as I don’t indulge in reckless driving, smoke, or drink to excess, I also don’t engage in other behaviors such as ignoring a stealthy and deadly virus that’s lurking somewhere over the horizon.

It’s true that, at the moment, we have greater immunity, milder infections, and more …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – May 29: Could Catastrophic Pandemics Become the ‘New Normal,’ HPMV is Spreading

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,174th day of the pandemic as well as Memorial Day. a holiday that honors Americans who died while in military service. This Monday also marks the fourth time that the holiday has taken place during the coronavirus pandemic.

OP-ED ON MONDAY
What Happens at the End of a Pandemic, If There Even is …

Saturday Op-Ed: ‘The Only Thing You Have to Fear is Fear Itself’

‘The Only Thing You Have to Fear is Fear Itself’
On this day in 1941, then President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared in a radio address to the American people  that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
That wasn’t, however, the first time he made a reference to “fear itself.”
Paraphrasing Thoreau, his inaugural address as president in 1933 –  a remarkably brief, 1,833-word, 20-minute-long speech – he sought to …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – May 27: ‘We Are Not Done With Covid, Not Even Close,’ U.S. Hospitalizations from Covid at Record Low

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,172nd day of the pandemic as well as Nothing to Fear Day.
OP-ED ON SATURDAY
‘The Only Thing You Have to Fear is Fear Itself’
On this day in 1941, then President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared in a radio address to the American people  that “the only thing we have to fear is …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – May 26: New Study Defines 12 Common Symptoms of Long Covid, Pandemic Funds Continue to Attract Fraudsters

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,171st day of the pandemic as well as National Road Trip Day in the United States.
National Road Trip Day is always observed on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend.  According to the Automobile Association of America, over 42.3 million Americans will take to the road and travel more than 50 …