#Pandemic

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PODCAST | Biden’s COVID ‘Scamdempic’ 2.0

LISTEN NOW | I wanted to elaborate a little bit about something we talked about – or I guess I ranted about – in this segment and that is the attempt by the politically manipulative to move us back to masks and “Hey, let's take another variatio

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PODCAST | The Bluster That Is Biden’s COVID Emergency

Listen now | Before we get into this segment of The Captain’s America: Third Watch, I want to say a couple words about the lead piece over at UndergroundUSA.com, We Won’t Get Fooled Again: I Will Not Comply. We talk about that in this segment as well.

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We Won’t Get Fooled Again: I Will Not Comply

As the authoritarian Leftist machine gears up to advance another fear-porn false narrative about a new strain of COVID – not coincidentally just before the run-up to the 2024 Election, we will again hear talk of lockdown orders and mask mandates. The qu

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Still Fighting With My Employer—Can You Help? | Workplace Coach Blog

Still Fighting with My Employer for reimbursing me for work from home expenses--isn't there a law that can help me?

Politics | Politics

How the ‘Unvaccinated’ Got It Right

Scott Adams is the creator of the famous cartoon strip, Dilbert. It is a strip whose brilliance derives from ...

Politics | Politics

Fauci vs. Fauci

A compilation of countless lies and contradictions on Gain of Function, Lab Leak Theory, Masks, Lockdowns, Vaccine Side Effects and Masks.

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PODCAST | Why Won’t The Mainstream Media Complex Report On The COVID Smoking Gun?

Listen now | I wanted to touch on an idea that Marjorie Taylor-Green has been promoting and that's the “National Divorce.” I get what she's trying to say. She's saying it wrong. We don't need a National Divorce. What we need to do

Psychology | Health & Wellbeing

To mask or not to mask? COVID-19 experts share their advice : NPR

NPR asked COVID-19 experts how we should keep weighing risk as we enter the fourth year of the pandemic.

Politics | Politics

30% increase in heart attacks among very young.

CBS notes a HUGE increase in heart attack deaths since the pandemic among the very young. Blames failure to mask and vaccinate!?!

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VIDEO | Our Birthright Can Only Be Protected Symbiotically

Watch now (7 min) | Our nation is divided. That is, perhaps, the understatement of the millennium, young as it is. From race relations to the economic divide to every disjointed political identity the manipulators of the narrative have conceived, if the p

Politics | Healthcare

The Most Important Dataset of the Pandemic Was Just Released

Germany Has Provided The Means To Quantify The Human Cost Of The Experimental Vaccination Program

Politics | Covid 19

'We can no longer say this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated': CDC data indicates vaccinated, boosted people together make up majority of COVID-19 deaths

President Joe Biden last December warned of a "winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated." But new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted a trend that would suggest that the greater share of COVID-19 deaths this

Politics | Op-Ed

Victor Davis Hanson: The Pathetic Democratic Pantheon

Over the last few months the four icons of the Democratic Party—Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Nancy Pelosi—have hit the campaign trail. They’ve weighed in on everything from “right…

Psychology | Parenting and Kids

Pandemic may have altered some personalities to be more neurotic, less agreeable

The pandemic may have altered adults' personalities, making them somewhat less extroverted, open, agreeable and conscientious, a study found.

Politics | Politics

China’s Wuhan institute studied deadly bioterrorism agent, Congress told

China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, where the COVID-19 pandemic may have started, conducted work on a deadlier virus with a 60% lethality rate, according to recent Senate testimony.

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PODCAST | Fearporn, ‘Dysinformation’ & Monkeypox

With the economy in crisis, fuel prices and costs of raw materials through the roof, military confro

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Fearporn, ‘Dysinformation’ & Monkeypox

With the economy in crisis, fuel prices and costs of raw materials through the roof, military confrontation being threatened in two theaters, a full-blown invasion on our southern border, and a nation divided to an extent not seen since the US Civil War,

News | Global issues

WHO's Afraid of the Big, Bad Freedom

Wait, WHO's grabbing power? Yes, they are. Flush off their unprecedented interference during the COVID pandemic, the World

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Alcohol-Related Deaths Soared During Pandemic, Outpaced COVID-19 For Adults Under 65

The number of deaths in the United States from alcohol-related causes soared during the coronavirus pandemic, jumping 25% year-over-year in 2020, according to a new study.

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Harvard medical professor says it's time to move on from pandemic

Many pandemic protocols are ineffective public health measures and the risk perception among the vaccinated is “way off," said Harvard's Dr. Stefanos Kales.

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

How did Israeli tech do so well during a pandemic?

A unique attitude to business and life enabled Israeli high-tech to reach new heights at a difficult time for the whole world.

Politics | Politics

Gavin Newsom and Eric Garcetti photographed without a face mask alongside Magic Johnson at LA Rams, 49ers game at SoFi S

Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti face criticism after being spotted at the LA Rams, 49ers game without their face masks on.

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End of pandemic in Europe ‘plausible’ after Omicron, says WHO

Regional director cautions that despite hopes variant will make COVID-19 a more manageable endemic illness, pathogen can still mutate

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COVID is now an ‘endemic,’ not a ‘pandemic,’ San Francisco doctors say

Doctors are calling for a language pivot to emphasize that California should work toward "an end to all remaining restrictions, particularly as they apply to children."

Health & Fitness | Health News

EXPLAINER: What does it mean for COVID-19 to be endemic?

Some European countries such as Spain are making tentative plans for when they might start treating COVID-19 as an “endemic” disease , but the World Health Organization and other officials have warned that the world is nowhere close to declaring the pande

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

Endemic vs. Pandemic—How COVID Is Evolving Amid Avalanche of Omicron Cases

While there is optimism that COVID cases are leveling off, the World Health Organization has said it is too early to say that the pandemic is over.

Psychology | Personality

Mood of the Year: Languishing

If you felt a chronic sense of ‘blah’ in 2021, you weren’t alone. Here’s a guide to recharging your emotional batteries and getting back on the road to thriving.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

How a photo from the other side of the world sparked a continent-spanning pandemic love story | CNN Travel

When Kathy Antoine posted a Facebook photograph of the view from her window in Tahiti in May 2020, the image caught the attention of Reggie Laroche, who lived 5,000 miles away in Florida. Here's how the two strangers connected and what happened next.

Entertainment | Entertainment

4-Year-Old Feels Lonely In Quarantine, Sets Up A Fairy Garden, Her Neighbor Notices And Pretends To Be A Fairy Named Sap

During these stressful times, we could all use a heartwarming story about a little girl who still believes in fairytales, magic, and fairies. Kelly Victoria—a photographer based in LA, California—thought the same when she decided to share how she and her

Health & Fitness | Health

How Bad Is Delta Variant? Vaccinated, Unvaccinated People Can Spread It: Study - Bloomberg

People inoculated against Covid-19 are just as likely to spread the delta variant of the virus to contacts in their household as those who haven’t had shots, according to new research.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

You Worked Remotely During the Pandemic…But Your Employer Says You Have to Come into the Office? Not So Fast. - Workplace Coach Blog

If you worked remotely during the pandemic, you may have grounds to insist you should still be allowed

Psychology | Health & Wellbeing

What Is Compassion Fatigue?

Here’s how to retain your humanity even if you’re feeling burned out. 

Psychology | Personality

Zoom dysmorphia is following us into the real world | WIRED UK

Eighteen months of using front-facing cameras has distorted our self-image – and a new study reveals that the effects aren't going away easily

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

How will the pandemic end? The science of past outbreaks offers clues.

The answer depends on many factors, perhaps the most critical being the global nature of the crisis.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Delta Variant Fears Further Split the Workplace - Workplace Coach Blog

Delta variant feears create workplace tensions; employees need to intervene

News | News

New Study Finds Lockdowns Didn’t Save Any Lives; May Have Killed People

A disturbing new study from the Rand Corporation reveals that the State mandated and CDC prescribed COVID lockdowns didn’t save any lives...

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The Changing of a Long-Used Rubric for Classifying Mortality Boosted COVID Numbers

As with all things COVID, the reality of the matter is not as it appears. This now relates to the overall mortality rate which has been...

Politics | The China Threat

Rand Paul ‘Very Worried’ U.S. Funding Being Used For Chinese ‘Frankenstein Super-Virus’ Bioweapons

Speaking with Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro on Saturday, Sen. Rand Paul expressed concern that U.S. funding may still be used by the Chinese communist regime to

History | Historic Los Angeles

The History Los Angeles Has Lost to the Pandemic

The city is opening up, but here are some landmarks and treasures that we miss already.

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COVID-CON: CDC Changes Test Criteria to Affect ‛Better COVID Numbers’

The Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has again altered the way data is compiled with regard to the COVID pandemic. This time...

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Worn out. Skeptical. Disengaged. - Workplace Coach Blog

'When employees no longer trust employers, what happens when trust dies?

Travel | Travel Israel!

Destination Israel: Travelers May Soon Plan Their 1st Post-Pandemic Trip

After a year of COVID, travelers are looking – and booking – trips they hope to make in the coming months, and Israel is one of the top global destinations.

Business & Finance | Business

Why People Are Quitting Their Jobs During The Pandemic

The pandemic has acted as a "destabilizing moment" in most people's lives, which has prompted or even required us to stop and think about the things that we most value in society. For some, that has resulted in quitting their jobs.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

3 Essential Tips for Successfully Running a Remote Business | Inc.

Whether you are transforming your traditional business model to remote or are in the early start-up phases, you need to recognize the new rules and norm of the game.

Science & Technology | Science & Technology

Wuhan Lab *Was* Cause Of COVID-19, Claims Award-Winning Scientist in New Study Citing 600 Pieces of Evidence.

The February study argues against two prevailing theories that COVID-19 was transmitted to humans either via a wet market or a lab accident.

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Johns Hopkins expert says COVID-19 pandemic could end by April

Makary echoes previous health officials who believe herd immunity is possible by April.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Pining for the Sounds of Your Favorite Watering Hole? The ‘I Miss My Bar’ Site Can Help

Cozy, crowded watering holes still aren’t safe to visit in person, but you can now mimic the din at home.

Politics | Demos

The Pandemic Is Over - American Greatness

Conservative writers and pundits haven’t done too well this past year, and many of them turned out not even to be especially “conservative.

Entertainment | Entertainment

Art House Movie Theaters Fight On Amid Pandemic | Hollywood Reporter

While some independent movie houses have closed indefinitely, others persevere with a mix of drive-ins, virtual screenings and concession sales as they apply for long-awaited federal relief.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Furloughed Highland Park man turns passion into new full-time job - ABC7 Los Angeles

When Louis Easton was furloughed from his office job in 2020, he turned his passion into a full-time job.

News | News

Biden’s ‘American Recovery Act’ Includes Hidden 150% Obamacare Expansion

Any mention of a temporary expansion that breathes life back into Obamacare was mysteriously missing from a summary of the

Politics | Covid

When Will Covid Pandemic End? Vaccine Calculator Shows 7 Years at Current Rate - Bloomberg

Our new calculator shows how long it will take states and countries to vaccinate 75% of their populations

Politics | Narrative

Cuomo’s COVID Policies Killed 50% More People in Nursing Homes Than Originally Thought

A devastating report by Letitia James, the Democrat New York State attorney general who achieved office with the help of

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

High school principal works overnight at Walmart to help students in need

Henry Darby has been giving back to others since he was a child. So when he learned that students at his North Charleston High School were in need, he picked up an overnight job at Walmart to help.

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Teachers Union President Declares In-Person Instruction, Teen Suicides Caused By Lockdowns Are ‘White Privilege’

Scott Wilson, the president of the Washington state-based Pasco Association of Educators (PAE), stated in a Zoom meeting that re-opening

Health & Fitness | Health

TRUMP THERAPEUTIC: Regeneron’s Antibody Cocktail Is 100 Percent Effective Against COVID

An antibody cocktail in phase three trials produced by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, is emerging as a game-changer in the fight against

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As Biden Became President, Medical Journal Quietly Retracted Study That Claimed Hydroxychloroquine Is Ineffective

A leading medical journal has issued a retraction of their endorsement for a study that concluded the anti-viral drug hydroxychloroquine

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Amazon Offers To Help Distribute COVID Vaccines On Biden’s First Day In Office, Never Offered To Help Trump

Online retail behemoth Amazon reached out to offer its distribution services almost immediately after Joe Biden was sworn in, an

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RightMinded with Frank Salvato

An irreverent, raw, outspoken New Right podcast that focuses on current events, the culture war, political issues, and relevant topics to those who choose to be aware....

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Many of Our Employees Refuse Vaccinations - Workplace Coach Blog

Should we make COVID vaccination mandatory? Many of our employees plan to refuse it.

Family & Parenting | Parenting

Kids’ screen time up 50% during pandemic

For most parents, pre-pandemic expectations around screen time are no longer realistic.

News | News

STUDY: COVID Lockdown Harms Are 10 Times Greater Than Benefits

As President-Elect Biden and his COVID Czar Jeff Zients contemplate another lockdown and whether to impose a mask mandate onto

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Retention Strategies a "Must" During a COVID-19 - Workplace Coach Blog

Employee retention strategies are a must during COVID-19. Here are 5 specific tactics leaders need, along with specific information.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Arianna Huffington: This Is Our Opportunity to Take Action on Mental Health

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, this Mental Health Month, we have an opportunity to take steps to identify our signs, stressors and solutions.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Lead Us Through This Mess: COVID-19 Leadership Truths - Workplace Coach Blog

COVID-19 requires leadership to inspire, communicate transparently, provide crisis plans, create trust and team

Science & Technology | Science & Technology

WHAT?! New Study of 10 Million Chinese Finds Asymptomatic Covid Spread Never Existed

In complete contradiction to the popular narrative used by Democrat politicians and governors across the United States, a new study

Politics | Politics

7 Ways Governments Used the Coronavirus Pandemic to Crush Human Rights

Seven ways governments around the world have used the coronavirus pandemic to diminish human rights and civil liberties.

Business & Finance | Business

US seed-stage investing flourished during pandemic | TechCrunch

If you didn’t think much about seed in 2020, you’re not alone. Late, huge rounds consumed most of the media’s oxygen, leaving smaller startups to compete for scraps of attention.

Music | Music

How Music Persisted During the Pandemic | Pitchfork

From Bandcamp Fridays to Verzuz battles, these were our silver linings from a strange, stuck year in music.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Mandatory COVID Vaccinations: The Rules - Workplace Coach Blog

Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations: Here are the rules employers need to follow

Politics | Politics

Vaccinated Teachers Won’t Mean Automatic School Reopenings In San Diego County

Teachers are currently expected to be vaccinated behind frontline healthcare workers and nursing home residents.

Politics | Politics

REMOVED: Johns Hopkins Study Saying COVID Has ‘Relatively No Effect on Deaths’ Is Expunged

A study critical to the narrative that COVID-19 is a deadly virus with the same killing power as smallpox or

Politics | Politics

WATCH: Pelosi Admits She Sold Out Americans, Small Business on COVID Relief for Political Purposes

If you ever wanted to gauge just how heartless and despicable Progressive-Democrats can be you need look no further than

Politics | Politics

Anti-Lockdown Medical Experts Rip Fauci Over ‘Erroneous Statements’ On Pandemic, Lockdowns

Health experts behind a petition supporting a targeted public policy approach to the pandemic responded to criticism leveled by Dr. Anthony Fauci on

News | News

COVID-19 Vaccine Takers May Feel Ill, So The Government Is Issuing Them Covid Papers Proving They’re Safe

Even as the debate over the potency of the COVID virus continues to be had, Big Pharma – in collusion

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

CDC says coronavirus came to the US much earlier than we thought

The CDC published a new coronavirus study that shows the virus was present in the US in early December 2019, much earlier than initially thought. The first positive COVID-19 test in the US dates back to January 19th.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Suspect Our Employee of Lying to Get Extra Time Off; Can We Fire Him Without Proof? - Workplace Coach Blog

Your employee lies about COVID to get extra leave. Can you fire him or do you need proof?

News | News

New York Fire Department Won’t Require Medics, Firefighters to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

New York’s governor and New York City’s mayor have been two of the most ardent proponents of everything that is

News | News

NEW NORMAL?: Students at SUNY Must Test Negative for COVID to Leave for Thanksgiving

In a move more appropriate for a 1960s Soviet gulag than a 21st Century American university, the Chancellor of the

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Employees Stage a Thanksgiving Rebellion - Workplace Coach Blog

Employer policies & holiday celebrations

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Pandemic winter dread is real. Here’s how to conquer it. - Vox

Psychology points to one simple principle that’s highly effective at improving our mental health and well-being.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Can We Use a Contact Tracing App to Protect Our Business & Employees? - Workplace Coach Blog

Using a contact tracing app; what you need to know as an employer or employee

Advice & Self-Help | dating, relationships

Grown-Up Dating, By Force | Julie Ferman Associates

Here is a real-life example of dating done well, even today, mid-April, 2020, when we're asked to, required to stay at home, and for so many – all alone. Dating? Today?

Travel | Travel

Palm Springs and Joshua Tree Are Booming as Pandemic Escapes – WWD

What's happening in Palm Springs and Joshua Tree travel, restaurants and shopping.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

How to Recover From Sleep Disruptions During the Pandemic | Psychology Today

An unstructured and unscheduled day may cause COVID-related insomnia at night. Here are some steps for returning to normal.

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

After This Declaration, No One Can Say 'Science' Demands Lockdowns

While left-leaning media and pundits claim that evidence and science guide their decisions, the Great Barrington Declaration proves their dishonesty.

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

Aerosol transmission of Covid-19: A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air | Society

The risk of contagion is highest in indoor spaces but can be reduced by applying all available measures to combat infection via aerosols. Here is an overview of the likelihood of infection in three everyday scenarios, based on the safety measures used and

Psychology | Psychology

The Process Of Psychological Recovery Begins While A Stressful Event Is Still Going On, According To Study Of Early Stag

By Emma Young. Feelings of autonomy increased across early weeks of pandemic, suggesting at least some aspects of psychological recovery begin during stressful experience.

Health & Fitness | Health

A Dose of Optimism, as the Pandemic Rages On - The New York Times

The months ahead will be difficult. But the medical cavalry is coming, and the rest of us know what we need to do.

Politics | Politics

NYT: Experts Confident Pandemic To Be Over ‘Far Sooner’ Than Expected, Trump Efforts ‘Working With Remarkable Efficiency

A new report from The New York Times indicates that experts have “genuine confidence” that the coronavirus pandemic will end “far sooner” than originally

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Nearly 100,000 establishments that temporarily shut down due to the pandemic are now out of business

More than 97,966 businesses have permanently shut down during pandemic, according to Yelp.com's Local Economic Impact Report.

Music | Concerts

Jazz saxophone player draws crowd around his Fullerton house – Orange County Register

Joe Lawton, a retired doctor who grew up in Bellflower and attended St. Anthony High, rediscovered his love for playing music and now entertains his neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic.

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

Israel: Vital-sign scanning offers a way to travel, dine out again

Binah’s AI-powered software scans skin to read vital signs identified by epidemiologists as being associated with a likelihood of Covid-19 infection.

Psychology | Health & Wellbeing

Mask wearers are “dramatically less likely” to get a severe case of Covid-19

When people wear masks, they can still get infected, but they’re more likely to have milder symptoms.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

My Boss Refuses to Wear a Face Mask - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: In past weeks, it’s just been four or five us in the office. Two of us wear masks when …

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

Israeli Data Scientist Suggests 'End of Coronavirus Peak' Is Near

Coronavirus infection rates will decline in as little as two to three weeks, according to a data model created by BGU Professor Mark Last.

Travel | Travel

Iconic Chateau Marmont Hotel To Become Members-Only Club

André Balazs may also convert his other properties around the world into members-only clubs in a post pandemic world.

News | News

S&P 500 closes with a record high, erasing all losses since the pandemic hit

The S&P 500 index closed with a record high Tuesday, despite a flagging job market recovery and a Main Street economy that continues to be ravaged by the pandemic.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Does My Employer Have to Pay My Office Expenses? Are They Liable for My Safety? - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: COVID19 has caused employers large and small to require the employers work from home rather than their employer’s worksites. …

Miscellaneous | Los Angeles Stuff

Here’s Looking at You, Auburn, Somni: Remembering beloved restaurants that LA lost to the pandemic

A number of LA restaurants — high-end and casual — are permanently closing during the pandemic, and each closing affects families of owners and employees. The closures ripple out to all the different industries that service restaurants.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Employees & Their Families Sue Employers Over COVID-19 Exposure - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: My partner and I have owned and operated our business for twenty-three years.  When the pandemic first hit, we …

Science & Technology | Science & Technology

Could a Janky, Jury-Rigged Air Purifier Help Fight Covid-19? | WIRED

Indoor-air experts think: Sure, maybe. Why the hell not? We convinced the CEO of an air filter company to give it a try.

Business & Finance | Business

Sales Tactics to Survive the Extended Effects of the Pandemic

The default setting for growth for most ambitious companies is to try to win new logos. Find new customers, sign new deals, and build the company on the back of this steady stream of new business.

Travel | Travel ideas

How Italy Turned Around Its Coronavirus Calamity - The New York Times

After a stumbling start, the country has gone from being a global pariah to a model — however imperfect — of viral containment that holds lessons for its neighbors and for the United States.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

No One Knows What Thailand Is Doing Right, but So Far, It’s Working - The New York Times

Can the country’s low rate of Covid-19 infections be attributed to culture? Genetics? Face masks? Or a combination of all three?

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

How Long Does Coronavirus Last? What to Expect if You Contract COVID-19

How long does a case of coronavirus last? Find out the COVID-19 symptoms to expect day by day if you contract the virus, according to experts.

News | News Items

The Biggest Psychological Experiment in History Is Running Now - Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

News | NEWS

Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is 'very rare,' WHO says

Government responses should focus on detecting and isolating infected people with symptoms, said the WHO's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove.

Psychology | Health & Wellbeing

Compassion and Healing as We Move Forward | Dr. Dyan

These 2 simple principles can support compassion and healing for couples, families, workers, and in issues of race, gender, and spirituality.

News | Antisemitism Watch

New Oxford University Study Finds Almost 20% of Britons Believe Jews Behind Coronavirus Pandemic

A healthcare worker wheels a patient on a stretcher into the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the …

Psychology | Health & Wellbeing

High Doses Of Vitamin D Cannot Prevent Nor Treat COVID-19, Study Warns

Reports are claiming that lots of vitamin D (higher than 4000IU/d) can help fight off COVID-19 and stop the virus from manifesting severe symptoms.

News | News Items

Mental Health & the Impact of This Pandemic: | Dr. Dyan

How can we protect and support our mental health during the global pandemic? Here are 7 simple tips that can grow our awareness and help us stay strong.

Business & Finance | Business

This Startup's Pivot Aims to Help Other Struggling Businesses Amid the Pandemic | Inc.

The pandemic wiped out most of the SnapBar's photo booth business. In response, the founders immediately launched a gift box service that also helps other local companies.

Music | Music

The Pandemic Kicked The Rolling Stones Off The Road, So Ronnie Wood Revived His Art Studio In Quarantine

The collages and etchings caught the eye of Other Art Fair founder Ryan Stanier, who met with Wood to the rocker’s London studio and discuss the art.

Science & Technology | Science

T cells found in COVID-19 patients ‘bode well’ for long-term immunity | Science

New findings suggest past infections may offer some protection against the novel coronavirus

Health & Fitness | HEALTH

Global survey shows link between COVID-19 patients and taste, smell loss

Findings could help distinguish coronavirus patients from those with colds or flu, researchers say

History | History

Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic – AIER

The contrast between 1968 and 2020 couldn’t be more striking. They were smart. We are idiots. Or at least our governments are.

Psychology | Parenting and Kids

8 Proven Techniques for Parents to Prioritize Their Mental Health During the Pandemic

Parenting experts and influencers share how they are managing stress and anxiety throughout COVID-19.

News | News

Coronavirus pandemic may lead to 75,000 "deaths of despair" from suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, study says - CBS News

Job loss, isolation and anxiety could lead to more deaths from suicide and substance abuse over the next 10 years, researchers say.

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

Israel Makes ‘Significant Breakthrough’ In Developing Coronavirus Antidote

Israel’s main biological research lab has reportedly made a “significant breakthrough” in the fight against the coronavirus as it has isolated a key antibody that will go toward potential treatments for the virus. Defense Minister Naftal

Politics | Politics

France Discovers Coronavirus From China Hit Their Country Much Sooner Than Realized

A hospital in France that retested old samples from pneumonia patients found that it got its first confirmed case of the coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, back in late December — nearly a month earlier than previously expected. “Yves Co

Miscellaneous | Places You Can Still Go

As Insurance Claims Are Denied, Classic L.A. Restaurants Are Struggling to Weather the Pandemic

Beloved local haunts report they won't see a dime from their insurers, but Musso & Frank Grill is fighting back

Science & Technology | Science & Space

South Korea says recovered coronavirus patients who tested positive again did not relapse: Tests picked up 'dead virus fragments'

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was worried the virus was reactivating after people recovered, but scientists dismissed the fear.

News | News

Did you already have coronavirus in January or February?

With the recent news that two Californians died of COVID-19 in February, three weeks earlier than the United States' first known death from the disease, it has become clear that the coronavirus was spreading in the United States long before it was detecte

Psychology | Psychology

The pandemic is messing with our concept of time

If it feels like your brain is turning into mush, you're not alone. Experts say it all has to do with how the pandemic is affecting our cognitive health -- meaning, our ability to clearly think, learn and remember.

Business & Finance | Business

Pandemic forces fundraising founders to accept ‘discounts across the board’ | TechCrunch

Startup founders who are fundraising in this climate should expect venture investors to take a huge chunk out of their valuation expectations. “What we’re seeing across the board is discounts,” says Mike Janke, co-founder of early-stage cybersecurity inve

News | News Items

Jane Goodall Says Pandemic Is Due to 'Little Respect for the Natural World' but There's Hope for This Planet Yet

Goodall talks to Newsweek about the pandemic, her new documentary and the most important message she hopes her life's work leaves behind.

Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information

Planning for Life Post-Pandemic — Lemonade To Lace

Hey y’all. I hope you’re all staying safe and healthy during these times. In an effort to keep myself busy I’ve been sharing with you how I’m passing the time while self-quarantining - blogging is a great creative outlet! My favorite part of the d

Politics | Politics

Suppression of Expression Obscures the Truth About the Virus - American Greatness

mericans are acquainted with predictable but ultimately failed progressive efforts to suppress free expression by preemptive invective and politically correct finger-pointing. To believe that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers reveale

Business & Finance | Business

How to Re-open Your Business | Inc.

Here are some questions to ask as you prepare to re-open your doors once the pandemic subsides.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

This Dad Turned His Home Into a Hibachi Restaurant To Celebrate His So – BOTWC

The saying where there’s a will there’s a way still holds true. When Atlanta’s quarantine mandate kept Jeremy Tuck from taking his family to a Hibachi restaurant to celebrate his youngest son’s birthday, he transformed his home into one. “The idea came ab

News | News

Steve Kramer - Passover and the Pandemic

Steve Kramer – Passover and the Pandemic Why is this Passover different from all other Passovers, to paraphrase the Haggadah? This year, because of the pandemic, we must celebrate it alone, apart from our friends or family. But the impact of the pan

Politics | Media Watch

WATCH: CBS News Posts Fraudulent Video Of ICU Nurse Crying Over Poor Working Conditions

CBS News posted a video of a nurse who claimed she quit her job after being asked to work in a coronavirus ICU without a face mask. 

Politics | The China Threat

Coronavirus: Government’s testing chief admits none of 3.5m antibody kits work sufficiently

The UK government’s new testing chief has admitted that none of the 3.5 million antibody tests ordered from China are fit for widespread use. Professor John Newton, who was appointed by health secretary Matt Hancock to oversee testing, reportedly said the

Politics | The China Threat

How to Hold China Legally & Politically Accountable

The rest of the world is entitled to restitution from China for its mishandling of the coronavirus crisis, and there may be ways to enforce this.

News | Abortion

WHO Demands Abortion Be Considered ‘Essential’ Healthcare Services During Coronavirus Pandemic

The World Health Organization may be struggling to explain its initial response to the coronavirus pandemic — particularly its deference to Chinese authorities and official Chinese government reports about the spread of the virus — but they ha

Politics | Op-Ed

Is What We’re Being Told About The Coronavirus Pandemic Wrong?

Predicting the future is a tough racket. If people were .04/06/2020 16:00:29PM EST.

News | The News

George W. Bush in 2005: 'If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare' - ABC News

In the summer of 2005, President George W. Bush was on vacation when he began flipping through an advanced copy of a new book about the 1918 flu pandemic.

Business & Finance | Business

GrubHub/Seamless’s pandemic initiatives are predatory and exploitative, and it’s time to stop using them | TechCrunch

Times are exceptionally hard, especially for local restaurants, which were always in a precarious business even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But when times are hard, people pull together, right? Or at least they don’t take advantage of the suffering

Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices

When Things Fall Apart, Train Your Brain to Self-Regulate

Thoughts, emotions, moods, and memories come and they go. It’s our ability to regulate them that makes the difference.

Politics | Politics

Coronavirus Death Predictions Bring New Meaning to Hysteria | RealClearMarkets

The U.S. is staring at a Netflix-type apocalypse. You know, with feral animals eating human corpses, mutant plants reoccupying streets and buildings, empty restaurants and malls across the landscape&h