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( Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire ) Comment on Laugh About It, Shout About It When You’ve Got to Choose by Andrew Allison
Thank you!
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (15): What to Do When You’re “Locked Down” by radgeekdotcom
GiveDirectly has also launched an emergency relief effort to aid low-income families affected by the outbreak and quarantine measures. Here’s the donation page. (for more information on GiveDirectly and an independent evaluation of their programs…
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(Policy of Truth) Coronavirus Diary (15): What to Do When You’re “Locked Down”
Apologies for deluging you all with posts; I’ll try to keep these to a maximum of two a day. But the situation here in the New York/New Jersey metro area is getting increasingly critical. As I said in my very first post in this series, our situation is closer to Italy’s right now than most…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (2): Against Ageist Fascism by Irfan Khawaja
And stop pretending that younger people can laugh COVID-19 off because their mortality rates are lower than older people: In case you’re looking to play the odds: https://www.vox.com/2020/3/23/21190033/coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-by-age “D…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (2): Against Ageist Fascism by Irfan Khawaja
Stop blaming older people for being alive and wanting to stay alive: LikeLike
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(Cat and Girl) Looking Back
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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(Policy of Truth) Coronavirus Diary (14): “The Eyes of a Masked Stranger”
A message from my sister-in-law Jessica Franklin, MD, after her first full day treating COVID-19 patients at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, a region (meaning New York City and its immediate suburbs) that’s been described as “the epicenter of the global pandemic.” Her message begins in the block quote below the fold. As a one-time hospital…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – You owe it to yourself
New comic!Today’s News:
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (6): “Dial a Philosopher” by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Informative article making the rounds on how South Korea “flattened the curve”: None of the four lessons cited there, it seems to me, could have been implemented quickly enough in the United States to have averte…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (8): Blood Donations Needed by Irfan Khawaja
For NY-NJ people: My Felician colleague Amy Dombach found this useful link for blood donations–and donated blood today. https://www.nybc.org/?fbclid=IwAR3QlucLk2ZmXCo_w1LeQXsHOmdLW1yEF0TbuZjYCmJ7EV7ZEEDr-nU4atw My colleague Mike Sanford found t…
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