Can you believe it? Just a week ago, we were released from bondage- at which time we celebrated the Ten Plagues. Dam, Tzfardaya, Kinim.. In English: Blood. Frogs. Lice. Wild Beasts. Pestilence. Boils. Hail. Locusts. Darkness. Slaying of the First-born.
Continue reading The Splitting of the Sea
Oh, no. Not again!
So, yesterday, I brought conditions in dialysis centers to your attention. Where conditions are fraught, where COVID-19 can truly become epidemic in each center. That’s the reason why two competing firms- Fresenius and DaVita, along with a slew of other (much, much smaller entities) are working out a deal to set up COVID-19 specific dialysis centers. The goal is to isolate patients suspected of harboring the virus and those already deemed positive, without sending these folks to emergency rooms. (If they are symptomatic, those folks will be shifted to emergency rooms for treatment.)
Continue reading The God Committees are Back!
Tonight begins the holiday of Passover. Other than Rosh Hashana and Yom Kipur, this is the one holiday that most Jews celebrate. (According to a study, while less than 1/4 of all Jews regularly [that means once a month, not once a week or once a day] attend synagogue, more than 70% attend a Pesach Seder.) Oh, Chanuka comes close, but most folks still don’t light the menora.
Continue reading Free at last…
So, we all thought we knew about Covid-19. Sure, it attacks the lungs. That must mean that folks who have asthma, COPD, and other lung diseases are at risk.
Come on! I can’t be all pandemic, all the time. Oh, wait, this is kind of about the pandemic situation. So, I guess -even in the height of (a now extended) tax season, the Covid-19 situation compels a lot of my attention.
Continue reading Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
About a week ago, I opined what I would do if I were President. How I’d order mass testing via any means possible for the folks across this great land. Because unless and until we know who is infected, all we can do (which is exactly what a good portion of us are doing) is to quarantine everyone.
Continue reading Light at the end of the tunnel?
If you are old enough- and were an aficionado of Mad magazine, then you should recognize the title- and the situations the cartoon lampooned.
Continue reading Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy
For decades, state authorities have been blocking this concept.
Continue reading This is NOT April Fools!
