Health and Sanity category archive
American Exceptionalism 0
David runs the numbers. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
“The Tribe That Lost Its Head” 0
Writing for The Roanoke Times, Llewellyn King marvels at the malice. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
We are on a war footing against COVID-19. It has invaded our homeland, and it is slaughtering us. Nearly 300,000 are dead and the vast hospital network in the United States is overwhelmed.
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The first line of defense against this common enemy, this indiscriminate killer, is a simple piece of layered cloth or paper held over the nose and mouth by cloth or elastic strings. It is a face mask, the simplest of defensive weapons.
But there is in the United States a tribe that has lost its head, reminiscent of Nicholas Monserrat’s great novel of 1956.
Maskless Marauders 0
Tri-State Outfitters in Moscow (Idaho–ed.) closed for several hours on Thursday after an organized group of mask-less customers entered, company President and CEO Joe Power said.
According to the full story at the link, these maskless marauders apparently thought they the were somehow helping a store suffering from financial difficulties in these viral times. The company’s CEO says too many of his employees have been sickened or quarantined due to the pandemic to want this kind of help.
We are dealing with not one, but two pandemics: One is COVID-19; the other is the stupid.
Maskless Marauders 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Phil Zuckerman explores those who marauder under the sign of the cross. A snippet (emphasis in the original):
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Christian nationalism entails a decidedly conservative orientation that combines the following beliefs: that the United States is a Christian nation specifically favored by God; that the success of the United States is part of God’s divine plan; that God will punish the United States for allowing “sins” like abortion and gay marriage to remain legal; that scientists, health experts, and well-educated elites are not to be trusted; that faith is more reliable than scientific empiricism; and that the news media is corrupt.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
It’s a DeSantis strategy.
Read the South Florida Sun-Sentinel article that Sam mentions in the video.
Maskless Marauders 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Thomas Henricks identifies several characteristics which characterize persons who refuse wear masks, in spite of the evidence that it may be the best weapon to combat the spread of COVID-19. Here is his list; follow the link for a detailed definition and description of each one.
- Denial.
- Fatalism.
- Fear of Change.
- The cult of self-interest.
- The shame-anger conversion.
- Group loyalty.
- Countervailing Information.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Websites wielding weaponized widgets perpetuate petabytes of prevarication in these viral times.
Maskless Marauders 0
Bill Parks is fed up.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Bill Nemitz calls Maine Republicans’ hypocrisy in these viral times. A nugget:
And now, the party that serves as an incubator for so much misinformation and bile is suddenly wringing its hands that Mills may have infected her fellow Democrats? They lament that the governor, by inadvertently being exposed to COVID-19 and following every rule and recommendation to the letter in the days since, suddenly represents “a major health risk that must be dealt with at once?”
The Reopening 0
Afterthought:
I find it bittersweet to contemplate all the news stories about schools that have reopened only to find themselves infected yet again
Science is real. Pretending it isn’t doesn’t make it less real.