A Milestone Within a Marathon & Refactoring Ahead

Vaccination approvals for kids age 5-11 give a lift to American travel industry. Jumping into this firebreak gives frontline supporters a chance to regroup, will they?*

*Trigger warning: the following is a pro-vaccination edition.

COVID is not done. But she pours you sparkling cider, because

Introduction: COVID morbidity and mortality remain unacceptably high. Early disease detection is paramount if post-infection interventions like monoclonal antibodies and antiviral capsules are to succeed at saving lives.

Cross-species contamination stories provide the opposite of reassurance.

Vaccine booster demand is buckling against slow distribution channels. Early global warming weather events in Canada are prompting suspension of COVID containment measures as evacuating and returning to shelter take precedence.

Mis- and disinformation are as problematic as ever. News deserts pepper the U.S. more than any time since the 19th and early 20th century. Cynical grifters show snake oil hucksterism thrives in the digital age. Scapegoating of public health directors continues.

Approaching our second holiday season with COVID, in regions with high rates of vaccine card fraud, singing in person carries vestiges of life-or-death risk assessments.

World vaccination rates drag.

Droplet hygiene theater precludes sensible ventilation measures like the Corsi-Rosenthal cubes. A triple-jabbed stage four cancer patient is blocked by hygiene theater police tape from sitting down at an airport. All while awaiting a plane to complete a long-postponed family reunion. 😡

The Chicken Pox-COVID equivalence fallacy pervades among lay members of pro-science & pro-vaccination circles.

But failing to carve a catharsis from this time interval could be a crucially missed opportunity.

Healthcare workers have quit in droves. Those that haven’t are striking just as a holiday infection surge begins. Burnout is rampant …

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