Category Archives: COVID-19

Who has signed up for the “herd immunity” barricades?

From Harper’s Weekly Review: A much-publicized open letter endorsing herd immunity as a response to COVID-19 was found to have been signed by a number of homeopaths and fictitious medical professionals, including Dr. Johnny Bananas and another whose name was … Continue reading

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Less to worry about re Trump, more to worry about re COVID

My brother is on top of the whole picture. That is, he reads the Times. He sent me this email. The first paragraph is from a Times article on the after-effects of COVID. The second paragraph is my brother’s cheerful … Continue reading

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Seems fetuses are useful to Trump

I just spotted this startling headline in the New York Times. Nothing further to say. The treatment that Trump touted as a ‘cure’ for Covid-19 was developed using cells derived from fetal tissue.

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