Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - World Bank

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is Director General of WHO. There are a lot of things wrong with this guy, including the fact that he is a Communist and has no medical training. He bungled the Crona-19 outbreak by covering for China. Here's a profile in case you disagree with Trump cutting off funding.

An engaging article about the White Island eruption and the tourists who visited.

A few days ago there was mention in this blog talked about success with remdesivir. Now controlled tests have contradicted that.

New studies have shown that the virus was widespread in US cities before we even knew it. The symptoms are similar enough to flu, and the symptoms mild in some people, that it was easily mistaken for the flu.

There are rumors that the virus was in the US as early as November, based on how widespread the antibodies are in the population. I took a long plane trip in December and had a bod cold afterwards. Maybe it was the flu. If you can get past the pay wall, here's more in the NYT.

Here's a video worth watching about how Norman Borlaug fed the world.

Trump was being ridiculed in the news for promoting UV light as a virus treatment.  Turns out this is not a new thing.  Plus, he did not suggest people inject themselves with disinfectant as widely reported. Here's the fact check. And now, there's even fake news about fake news. No, calls to poison control centers are not up. And further, from The Babylon Bee, how the media reacts to Trump statements.

More here from Forbes on Michael Moore's movie that skewers alternative energy.  Planet of the Humans is free on YouTube.  They got through the whole problem with alternative energy without mentioning nuclear power as a clean alternative.

More news on the claims that Biden sexually assaulted a staffer.

When I had pneumonia a few years ago, they used a pulse oximeter to keep track of my blood oxygen. Later, I bought one for myself; they are cheap and easy to use.  It turns out they provide an early warning for Covid-19 patients before symptoms appear. You can order one from Amazon and probably buy one at your local drug store.

Rick Bright, the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, was transferred to a new, more narrow role at the National Institutes of Health this week. The media widely reported that this was because Bright disagreed with Trump on Hydroxychlorine. Bright made the same claims. It turns out this transfer was in the works for over a year and Bright is disingenuous.

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