Category Archives: public health

The origin of COVID: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan?

Posted on May 6, 2021 by D. Posnett MD

By Nicholas Wade | May 5, 2021 Reprinted with permission. First appeared in medium.com here and in the bulletin.org here. Check out the comments at both of these sites. Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins … Continue reading →

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And Now, For Some 2020 Good Climate News

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Mary Foster Morgan

Looking for 2020 good news on climate? Get ready to set some priorities and make some New Year’s Climate Resolutions. Continue reading →

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Are we Ready?

Posted on October 26, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

“the choice could not be more clear”

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Voters Should Not Be Intimidated

Posted on October 9, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

Submitted by Francesca Rheannon: By Sean Morales-Doyle , Daniel I. Weiner , Wendy R. Weiser , Michael German , Elizabeth Goitein . From The Brennan Center Last Updated: October 7, 2020 Published: October 6, 2020 As Election Day nears, President … Continue reading →

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Amy Klobuchar: the Cruz Hypocrisy regarding SCOTUS

Posted on September 27, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

People are already voting and they don’t buy in to phony Republican arguments for replacing Justice Ginsburg as soon as possible to insure enough Trump support on SCOTUS to overturn the election results if needed. Trump is not hiding his … Continue reading →

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Sowed Discord

Posted on August 28, 2020 by cdsprings

SpringsAugust 24, 2020 Dear David: The past three and a half years have been a master class in the havoc that can be wrought when a president is constrained by neither truth nor decency. Starting with the size of his … Continue reading →

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They Live in this Country. God Help Us.

Posted on July 12, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

Submitted by Rita Wasserman.   Here is the problem:

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The Scale of Testing Compared to the Scale of the Outbreak

Posted on June 29, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

Fox News, Trump (and Zeldin) are blaming the current resurgence of Covid-19 cases on increased testing.  So let’s have a look at the data!  I highly recommend this website: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing. The following graphs come from this site which has data … Continue reading →

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Is the East End ‘Open for Business’ as Usual?

Posted on May 12, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

Gurney’s Inn, long an iconic resort on Long Island’s eastern tip at Montauk (June 5, 2013) Credit: Doug Kuntz Some East End resorts are planning to open soon. Contrary to some assertions that misinterpret Governor Cuomo’s Executive Orders, resorts are … Continue reading →

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