• Coronavirus - Covid19,  Infectious disease,  Medicine,  Medicine & Politics,  Public health

    Coronavirus Tidbits #178 2/6/22

    Quick links News     Diagnostics     Drugs    Devices    Epidemiology/Infection control     Tips     Politics    Feel good du jour     Comic relief     Perspective/Poem     Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. New posts: COVID and the Holocaust (sadly, submitted before I heard Rabbi Paskoff’s sermon, below) https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967498 ~ ~ ~ Mosquito Nets Do Prevent Malaria, Longitudinal Study Confirms https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967803 News  Omicron news: US COVID-19 cases continue steep decline Cases of COVID-19 continue to drop…

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  • Holocaust,  Legacies - News and Commentary,  Social justice

    Holocaust Remembrance Day, Maus, and Growing Antisemitism

    I was outraged by the juxtaposition of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the book Maus being banned, and a special national security training for synagogues. I had, in fact, just submitted a post to Medscape, which will be published on 2/1. Friday’s Shabbat evening service carried this resonant, moving sermon by Rabbi Jack Paskoff. He kindly is allowing me to post it here. So yesterday was kind of a strange day for me. Not for me personally but for me in terms of looking at Jewish life, looking at history, contemplating current events. Earlier, I guess towards the end of last week, I received an email from Congressman Smucker’s office and he…

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