The 1918 influenza pandemic, the Spanish Flu, disproportionately took the lives of men and women in their 20s and 30s, while often sparing the very old and the very young—two population groups that are especially vulnerable to the flu in most years. A virus that usually does little more than make people feel awful for […]
Category: Pandemic
MOST VACCINATED-MOST INFECTED
HIGHLY VACCINATED ISRAEL SWAMPED BY NEW INFECTION The Israel Public Emergency Council for the Covid-19 had written to the newly elected Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett warning of the catastrophic impact of further lock downs and requested a meeting to discuss alternatives. “We are hearing warnings of an impending lock down during the upcoming holiday period, […]
BIDEN PROMISED TO OPEN BORDER
Biden promised to stop all deportations for 100 days after taking office and activists are holding him to it. Two national immigrants rights groups have asked Biden not only for a blanket moratorium on deportations but also a halt on any arrests or apprehension of immigrants. Meanwhile a caravan of an estimated 9,000 people are […]
ITALIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM NEAR COLLAPSE
CORONAVIRIS DEATH RATE CLIMBS TO ALMOST EIGHT PERCENT OF CONFIRMED CASES Italy recorded nearly 3,000 deaths related to the coronavirus outbreak, as the number of cases detected passed 35,000, authorities announced on Wednesday 18/3. Italy had just recorded the highest one day death toll of any one nation since the COVID-19 outbreak began with 475 […]