If you believe the experts, I should have had COVID-19 by now. Because I haven’t bought into the COVID panic, and I don’t take any precautions. I don’t social distance and I don’t wear a mask while driving my car, walking my dog or riding my bike. In fact, the
Late last summer, I jokingly told my dad that the virus would magically disappear on November 4th because that was the day after the election. Looking back, I can see I was a bit naïve. The magic date wasn’t November 4th, it was January 20th. You see, if the virus
I learned a new word last week and it has quickly climbed the ranks to be my most favorite word. That word is “bescumber”. It’s a wonderful word. I like the way it sounds. Say it with me…bescumber. Having grown up on a dairy farm, I bescumbered for years and
If you take only one thing away from reading this article, remember this: The companies making the COVID-19 vaccinations don’t get paid for every life they save. They get paid for every person injected with an experimental drug that was fast-tracked through the clinical trial process. If you’re short on
About 3 million people die in the United States every year. That’s about 8,000 per day or approximately 6 people every minute. In fact, depending on how fast you read, somewhere between 10 and 20 people are going to die in the United States before you finish reading this. They’re
First thought:Earlier this month, as a vaccine got closer to being a reality, Helen Keipp Talbot, an infectious researcher at Vanderbilt said, “There is such a high mortality rate in long-term-care facilities. There will be a number of patients who receive immunizations for Covid and will pass away. And it
I’m going to start out by saying that I’m not against vaccines. I got a flu shot this year and I recently had a vaccine to prevent shingles. As far as I know, I’m up to date on all of my vaccines. So, I have no problem taking vaccines. The
I’m sure everyone has heard of “Beer Goggles”. It’s the idea that the more beer you drink, the better people look, and sometimes you end up spending the night with someone who doesn’t look quite as attractive when you wake up in the morning. When you drink a lot of
Governor Andrew Cuomo (NY) said earlier this year, “And if everything we do saves just one life, I’ll be happy.” The concept here is pretty simple, it’s OK to put the interests of a single person over the interests of everyone else. Unfortunately, this seems to be the prevailing school
This year we’ve seen multiple huge things happen this year that, in a typical year, would be the story of the decade. Looking at the last 12 months, it’s difficult to wrap my head around everything because the enormity of what’s happening is inconceivable. It’s inconceivable that so many people