Coronavirus
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 22: Conspiracy Theorists in San Luis Obispo County, Hurricane Ian and Flesh-Eating Bacteria
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,320th day of the pandemic.
In news we report today, conspiracy theorists ran rampant in San Luis Obispo County after a masking order was issued for healthcare workers, the Florida Republican who sponsored the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill in the Florida House and faced 35 years in prison for Covid …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 21: Wastewater Analysis Shows Drop in Cases, Flesh-Eating Bacteria Are Not Just for Movies, A Possible Tripledemic
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,319th day of the pandemic.
OP-ED ON THE WEEKEND
How to Motivate People to Get Vaccinated Against Covid and Why a Man Who Speaks 586 Words Per Minute Merits a Mention in This Space
An article in Scientific American with the title “A New Way to Inspire People to Get a Covid Vaccine” …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 20: Price of Paxlovid Antiviral Skyrockets, Obama Has Covid
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,318th day of the pandemic.
In news we report today, a former president has Covid, the price of a Covid antiviral treatment is skyrocketing, and a U.K. government advisor called Prime Minister Rishi Sunak “Dr. Death.”
UNITED STATES
Drugmaker Pfizer announced a major price increase for the antiviral nirmatrelvir, marketed as Paxlovid. The …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 19: ‘Fake Pandemic’ Foundation Head Embezzled €700,000, U.S. Awards $500 M in Covid Treatment Grants
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,317th day of the pandemic
In news we report today, the head of a “fake pandemic” foundation in Germany was arrested for embezzlement, the United States awarded $500 million in Covid treatment grants, and CRISPR flu-resistant chickens are on the horizon.
UNITED STATES
The Biden Administration awarded $500 million for the development of …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 17: ‘Unsafe Conditions’ in Labs Investigating Covid in U.S., Why Scientists in the U.K. Didn’t Suggest an Earlier Lockdown
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,315th day of the pandemic.
In news we report today, two Chinese-owned labs in California where experiments were conducted using the SARS-CoV-2 virus were cited for unsafe conditions, a government enquiry in the United Kingdom reveals a Chinese Wall between government ministers and scientists, and even though the public health emergency …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 16: Researchers Have a Possible New Explanation for Long Covid, Warning Issued Over Ketamine
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,314th day of the pandemic.
In news we report today, there’s more good news on the Long Covid research front, canine vaccine hesitancy – or CVH – is a thing, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about unsupervised treatment of patients using ketamine.
LONG COVID
In Philadelphia, a team …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 15: Florida Pandemic Death Toll Climbs, Pandemic Relief Funds for Terrorists
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,313th day of the pandemic.
In news we report today, a temporary committee of the House of Representatives is investigating New York’s pandemic response under former Governor Andrew Cuomo, the death toll in Florida from SARS-CoV-2 continues to climb, and the United States appears to have given a U.N. group that …
