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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Mexican Flu, Swine Flu, or H1N1? A Pandemic Gets Rebranded
Whether or not the source for H1N1 was a Mexican pig farm (and this is by no means certain), the implication that this virus is somehow a “Mexican flu” and should be called Mexican flu borders on the racist, and carries … Continue reading
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Tagged flu, George Orwell, H1N1, language, Mexican flu, Michael Savage, michelle malkin, orwellisms, pandemic, rush limbaugh, swine flu, virus
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Swine Flu Bad News—and Good
The Los Angeles Times today says that there may be indications that swine flu symptoms in those Americans infected are becoming more severe. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the virus may not be a very fast spreader: … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, flu, H1N1, hand washing, health, holistic medicine, Politics, purell, swine flu
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Face Masks v. Frequent Hand Washing: Which Is More Effective in Reducing Swine Flu Transmission?
According to the Los Angeles Times today, both face masks and frequent hand washing provide equal levels of protection: [N]o single action . . . will provide complete protection in areas with confirmed swine flu cases, health officials said. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, Camus, economics, epidemic, face masks, flu, masks, pandemic, plague, Politics, survival, swine flu
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Swine Flu and Darwinian Evolution: Is This Flu Strain Likely to Mutate into Milder Forms—or More Virulent Ones?
Two scientists appear to be saying contradictory things in a Los Angeles Times article on Swine Flu, but actually they are not. One scientist is quoted as saying that viruses tend to become symbiotic with their hosts: As the virus … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, Charles Darwin, creation, Darwin, Drudge Report, evolution, exercise, flu, health, science, swine flu, viruses
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Tissues and Sanitizing Hand Wipes: Two Inexpensive Things That You Need to Buy and Use Now to Protect Yourself, and Your Family, from Swine Flu
According to the New York Times today, Britain has started a new ad campaign to slow the spread of Swine Flu: In Britain on Thursday, authorities launched an advertising campaign urging people to sneeze into tissues and to wash their … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, epidemic, exercise, fear, flu, health, pandemic, safety, sleep, swine flu, The Plague, yoga
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How to Protect Yourself, And Your Family, from Getting or Spreading Swine Flu: Dr. Joe Bresee of the CDC’s Influenza Division
Accurate health information on Swine Flu from Dr. Joe Bresee (of the CDC’s Influenza Division):
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Tagged Albert Camus, Camus, Dr. Joe Bresee, epidemic, exercise, flu, health, hypochondria, pandemic, plague, swine flu, The Plague
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How Fast Can a Swine Flu Vaccine Be Made and Distributed?
According to Time magazine, four to six months: [E]ven if the CDC‘s seed stock of virus were to be released to vaccine makers today, it would take the companies anywhere from four to six months before the first inoculation could … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, California, flu, health, life, pandemic, plague, swine flu vaccine, swine flue, The Plague, vaccine
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“The Creative Writer”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella
Outside your garret, voices. And you might use them. But you prefer the inner mausoleum of desk drawers and the burial shawls of clean white paper. It’s a cover, you say, for you really are the bee which through the … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, creative writing, imagination, literature, mfa, poems, poetry, psychology, writing
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Arlen Specter: Yellow Canary in the Republican Coal Mine?
If Republicans can’t hold their moderates, how will they win elections? Today, in the New York Times, is an article on Republicans’ larger problem: not just losing a moderate like Arlen Specter, but the party’s increased ideological marginalization (such as on issues like gay equality). … Continue reading
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Tagged arlen specter, conservative, Hugh Hewitt, moderate, Pennsylvania, Politics, Republican, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity
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Swine Flu and Albert Camus: What You Should Do to Protect Not Just Yourself, But Others
Obsidian Wings recently invited a guest blog post on swine flu, co-written by an immunologist and bioethicist. The advice that they offered on swine flu amounted to a list of Albert Camus-like existential responsibilities that we have to one another in … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, apocalypse, Camus, end of the world, existentialism, flu, pandemic, philosophy, religion, swine flu, The Plague
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A Small Bit of Swine Flu Good News: Some Hospitals in Mexico Are Seeing a Decline of Reported Cases from Their Peaks
So says AP: Amid the alarm, there was a spot of good news. The number of new cases reported by Mexico‘s largest government hospitals has been declining the past three days, Cordova said, from 141 on Saturday to 119 on … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, existentialism, flu, flu season, plague, swine flu
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Republicans: 21% of the United States Population
So according to a new Washington Post poll. That’s the lowest Republican self-identification in over 25 years. Just one in five Americans is now openly Republican. Imagine. And what’s left of the Republican Party seems to be veering towards the … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative, demographics, Hugh Hewitt, Republican, Ronald Reagan, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity
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Swine Flu Symptoms: Ache, Coughing, Sneezing, Fever. If You Have Any of These Symptoms, Stay Home
And if you don’t have any of these symptoms, and are out and about today, wash your hands frequently. This today in the Los Angeles Times: The symptoms of swine flu are nearly identical to those of other influenza, including … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, America, CDC, flu, Lancaster, Los Angeles, Mexico, new york, plague, San Diego, swine flu, travel
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On Saturday, I Saw Chris Hedges, One of My Favorite Authors, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
I admit it. If Chris Hedges had a fan club, and sent its members David Cassidy-like studio photos and groovy stickers for your school folders, I’d join it. And on Saturday, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA, he … Continue reading
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Tagged atheist, Chris Hedges, George Bush, philosophy, Politics, progressive, religion, terrorism, truthdig, UCLA, war, War on Terror
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