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Our Pandemic, Its Gaslighter, and Its Munchausener By Proxy

We know the gaslighter who, thankfully, only affects the MAGA base. The MAGA are just as smart as anyone else so one has to say that they willingly allow themselves to be gaslighted. There's nothing that can be done. The person afflicted with Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy is none other than our esteemed Dr. Anthony Fauci. I remember reacting incredulously when the news reported that Tony was receiving death threats. I couldn't make heads or tails out of it until my Son and I started discussing the provenance of the Novel Coronavirus. The origin fell at the good doctor's doorstep. https://www.newsweek.com/dr-fauci-backed-controversial-wuhan-lab-millions-us-dollars-risky-coronavirus-research-1500741 When you have the gaslighter confusing the heck out of everything and when you add Mr. Bannon to the mix, you soon realize that the "gain-of-function" work promoted by Dr. Fauci was his way of becoming a hero to the U.S.--if not the world--by unleashing a monster wh...

Ebola: Arguments against the Arguments against Travel Restrictions

Containment has always been the buzz word when it comes to epidemics but, at least in regards to Ebola, experts reporting to Forbes (see Thinkprogress.org Article ) are saying that travel should not be restricted and provide us with four less-than-compelling reasons. Although the article does not differentiate between them, I will address these three kinds of travel:   1.) from the U.S., 2.) within an African country with an Ebola epidemic, and 3.) to the U.S. Travel for the health professional from the U.S. should be allowed as we do not have an Ebola epidemic. If it is not economically feasible for the airlines to provide one-way service to Africa, our military should provide the service--certainly to any duly-registered health professional. Within the country with the epidemic, experts say that health officials will not be "able to effectively" track people with symptoms. The reason being that people will find ways around barriers to travel anyway and, i...