Coronavirus

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – June 13: A High Number of People in U.K. Believe Covid Was a Conspiracy, N.Y. to Require Better Nurse-to-Patient Ratio

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,189th day of the pandemic and National Call Your Doctor Day… as if we haven’t been calling them enough in the past three years.
In news we cover today, a significant number of people in the United Kingdom are, quite frankly, batshit crazy, and New York State will mandate a higher …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – June 12: China’s Latest Covid Wave May Have Ended, Long Covid More Fatiguing Than Late-Stage Cancer,

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,188th day of the pandemic.
In news we cover today, a new study found that patients with Long Covid are more fatigued than those with late-stage cancer
LONG COVID
[Editor’s Note: Given the significance of the first news item, we are repeating this story on Long Covid that first appeared in the June …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – June 11: Long Covid More Fatiguing Than Late-Stage Cancer, ‘Great British Bake-Off’ Cakes Tossed Due to Pandemic Codes

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,187th day of the pandemic.
In news we cover today, a new study found that patients with Long Covid are more fatigued than those with end-stage cancer, the former captain of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt speaks out about his vessel’s 5,000 Covid cases, and a great amount of presumably quite …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – June 10: Metformin Could Be a Game-Changer in Preventing Long Covid, Texas Legislates Against Vaccines

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,186th day of the pandemic as well as the 46th anniversary of the market introduction of the Apple II computer.
OP-ED ON SATURDAY
Apple II – The First Personal Computer
The Apple II, which was styled as apple ][, was first sold on June 10, 1977. After seeing a crude, wire-wrapped prototype demonstrated …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – June 9: Metformin May Reduce Incidence of Long Covid, Says Study; White House Covid Czar Ashish Jha to Leave Post

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,185th day of the pandemic.
OP-ED ON FRIDAY
Masks Are Suddenly in Vogue
If you were walking down the street in Midtown Manhattan yesterday, you’d be forgiven for thinking you had suddenly been transported to 2020.  There were more people on the sidewalks (pavement to our British friends) and in the crosswalks with …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – June 8: Vaccines Don’t Cause Serious Side Effects in Children, DeSantis Responsible for Covid’s Outsized Toll

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,184th day of the pandemic and Founders’ Day at our parent company, Accura Media Group, in observance of the birthday of the company’s two founders, which immodestly includes myself.

June 8 is also Brooklyn-Queens Day, a holiday in honor of two of the boroughs of New York City.  While the holiday …

What Winston Churchill and Canadian Wildfires Tell Us About Our Future

As I exited my building for an afternoon walk with Snickers the Wonderdog, I noticed there was something in the air.  My eyes watered and itched, my nose felt a burning sensation and the taste in my throat was as if I had swallowed a good part of a wood burning fireplace.  The sky had a kind of apocalyptic orange color and my mind turned to my visits to cities …