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More Men Than Women Die Of COVID-19; Why?

Why are more men dying from COVID-19 than women? April 23, 2020 Mayo Clinic News Network – Men appear to be hit harder by COVID-19 than women. Early data from China and the World Health Organization (WHO) show that more men than women are dying from COVID-19. Other countries like Spain and Italy also are seeing higher death rates among men. But why might that be? Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic COVID-19 expert, says this is a really important scientific...

“The Only Way This Ends”

"This virus won’t begin to disappear until a far higher percentage of the population – at least 60 percent – develops immunity ..." OPINION | April 11, 2020 | The Boston Globe – Last week Governor Charlie Baker released projections of how many Massachusetts residents were likely to contract the coronavirus. By this reckoning, Baker said, the state would experience “somewhere between 47,000 and 172,000 cases during the course of the pandemic.” This represents between 0.7...

Diabetics At Risk Due To One Critical Shortage

“We’re all supposed to be staying at home, and I’m out going to 10 different stores.” – Caroline Gregory, diabetes patient As the country disinfects, diabetes patients can’t find this one thing Lauren Weber April 3, 2020 Kaiser Health News – While the masses hunt for toilet paper, Caroline Gregory and other people with diabetes are on a different mission: scouring stores for the rubbing alcohol or alcohol swabs needed to manage their disease. Gregory stopped in Carlie C’s...

How To Reopen A City After Coronavirus

"I'm so excited, I want to cry." City at center of China's virus outbreak gradually revives | By Ng Han Guan and Joe McDonald | WUHAN, China (AP) — Shopkeepers in the city at the center of China's virus outbreak were reopening Monday but customers were scarce after authorities lifted more of the anti-virus controls that kept tens of millions of people at home for two months. "I'm so excited, I want to cry," said a woman...

Gingrich: Virus Risk In China’s Food Supply Known Since ’07

"The simple fact is that Communist-ruled China has a long record as a source of potential epidemics and pandemics." | Newt Gingrich, Fox News – Watching the Chinese Communist dictatorship mismanage the initial coronavirus epidemic, cover it up and then lie about it has been infuriating. But it is also a good lesson in how dangerous and how profoundly dishonest the dictatorship is. China’s guilt at having allowed a local epidemic to turn into a worldwide...

Undertakers: It’s Not A Good Time To Die

The most important thing to know in life is where you're going to die. Then just make sure you never go there. – Headline Health Funeral planning during COVID-19 crisis Statement from the Luzerne County (PA) Funeral Directors Association During these difficult and confusing times, to many people the loss of a loved one can feel more overwhelming than normal. We, the members of the Luzerne County Funeral Directors Association, have dedicated our lives to giving guidance and...

Thirsty Woman Coughs On $35K Worth Of Food in COVID-19 ‘Prank’

“I have the virus. Now everyone is going to get sick.” – attributed to Margaret Cirko, 35, accused of coughing on groceries, stealing beer | Mar 27, 2020 CNN – A woman purposely coughed on $35,000 worth of food at a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania area grocery store, police said. She likely faces criminal charges for coughing, one of the primary ways the novel coronavirus spreads. The woman entered small grocery chain Gerrity's Supermarket in Hanover Township and started coughing...

If This Sense Fails, You May Have COVID-19

What are the symptoms of the new coronavirus? Here's how you could catch COVID-19. March 23, 2020 Live Science – The novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19 has spread from the site of the original outbreak in China to affect 168 countries and regions around the world. If effective controls aren't put into place, COIVID-19 could ultimately infect between 40% and 70% of the population worldwide in the coming year, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of...

No, COVID-19 Is NOT ‘Just Like The Flu’

“It first struck me how different it was when I saw my first coronavirus patient go bad. I was like, Holy shit, this is not the flu. Watching this relatively young guy, gasping for air, pink frothy secretions coming out of his tube.” A Medical Worker Describes Terrifying Lung Failure From COVID-19 — Even in His Young Patients March 21, 2020 ProPublica – As of Friday, Louisiana was reporting 479 confirmed cases of COVID-19, one of the...

Dr. Oz: Now’s The Time For More Sex

“You’ll live longer, get rid of the tension. It’s certainly better than staring at each other and getting on each other’s nerves.” Dr. Oz knows what couples should be doing while sheltered in place March 17, 2020 New York Post – Distancing be damned. TV medical expert Dr. Mehmet Oz says that people stuck inside should be having lots of sex to combat the effects of social distancing for the coronavirus. “The best solution if you’re holed up with...

Women Are Not Buying Weinstein’s Lame Excuses

Harvey Weinstein's Top 10 Excuses For Serial Rape Headline Health – At the court appearance where he was sentenced to 23 years in prison on two felony sexual assault charges, Harvey Weinstein attempted to explain his lifestyle, his frame of mind, and his career of sex crimes again women. In a lengthy statement, the convicted rapist offered innumerable excuses for his conduct. Here is the full court transcript of his comments, in which Weinstein reveals his...

Boston M.D., Pals Go To Gay Men’s Beach Bash; All 6 Come Home Sick

Mar 18, 2020 | Boston Globe – Dr. Joshua Ellis, a medical education fellow and emergency medicine physician at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, was excited to celebrate his 30th birthday in Miami with five of his close friends. They had been planning the trip to Florida since late fall — long before the novel coronavirus was even a blip on anyone’s radar. They rented a house on Ocean Drive, steps away from beautiful South Beach. They...

You’re Cleaning Your Ears Wrong

There's a right way and a wrong way to treat an ear infection or simply clean out built-up wax. Many people do it the wrong way ... Mayo Clinic News Network – Swimmer's ear is an infection in the outer ear canal, which runs from your eardrum to the outside of your head. It's often brought on by water that remains in your ear after swimming, creating a moist environment that aids bacterial growth. Putting fingers,...

What’s Killing Staff Sergeant Wesley Black?

Veteran: "You're looking at a dead man walking" March 6, 2020 Washington (CNN) – "I'm not bullshitting you when I say the conversation went like this: 'Hi Wesley, I just wanted to call and see how you're doing. Are you alone this weekend?'" retired Staff Sergeant Wesley Black said, describing the call he received three years ago from his doctor. "'No, my wife is here,'" he answered. "'Great, OK good, because we wanted to let you know you have...

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