Is This The World’s Least Appreciated Problem?

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Ron Byrnes

‘There Is No Safe Place To Run To’

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Ron Byrnes

From NPR.

“Palestinian Health Ministry Director-General Dr. Medhat Abbas told NPR on Sunday that there is no safe place to run to in Gaza.

His pregnant daughter, who is a doctor herself, was unable to run on foot after she received warning of an incoming Israeli airstrike on a home near hers. He said she called him panicking, unsure what to do. He advised her to lean crouch by a wall. He said these are the conditions residents in Gaza face, and that the hospitals are not prepared with enough hospital beds nor stocked well enough for war.

‘They say we have not started yet, we have not started yet. What’s the meaning of they will start? We don’t know what will happen if they will start,’ he said, referring to Israel’s response thus far. ‘Are they planning for a big massacre in Gaza? I don’t know. But they are only civilians who will pay for that.'”

This Time Will Be Different?

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Ron Byrnes

Most Funny Sentence I’ve Read Today (so far)

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Ron Byrnes

“On Jan. 15, 2021, Ms. Hutchinson encountered Mike Lindell, the conspiracy-minded My Pillow entrepreneur, roaming the building unescorted, declaring, ‘We can still win.’”

The New York Times

The building, of course, being the White House.

Sentence to Ponder

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Ron Byrnes

“Every president who served over the past three decades, with the exception of Barack Obama, was born in the 1940’s, as were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”

from the Wall Street Journal

To Boost or Not To Boost?

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Ron Byrnes

Some of my knucklehead friends think they’re world renowned epidemiologists. I’m going to continue to ignore their opposing theories and advice in favor of my non-knucklehead, recently retired doctor friend, who recently texted me this:

“The original vaccine was extremely effective. It prevented infection 94% of the time. However, the virus mutated, and it no longer prevents infection, and only mildly effective at preventing severe illness , and then for only a short time.

I believe in vaccines. I have gotten all my covid vaccines early, if anything, but the data no longer supports the vaccine.

Many colds are caused by different coronaviruses, and we’ve tried for years to make a cold vaccine. It’s never worked. The coronavirus mutates too quickly. Even the newest booster is outdated before it is being released. That strain disappeared months ago. We are 2 to 3 versions past that strain. One of the new strains has over 30 new mutations. It is unlikely to respond well to the new booster for the few 2 months you get mild protection against severe illness. Are you going to get a new booster every 2 months for minimal protection?”

I am not.