China Lockdown: Food Shortages Anger Aplenty
China is running out of food and people are growing desperate. That’s no small problem when more than 190 million residents in some 23 cities are living under full or…
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World Health Day’s Assessment: The Planet Is Sick
There is not much to celebrate on World Health Day designated as April 7th by the United Nations. Old diseases once thought eradicated like polio are making a comeback in …
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Here Comes Another Wave
While the media is busy covering the war in Ukraine, Covid has returned to haunt humanity. In China, more than fifty million people are on tight lockdown; in Hong Kong,…
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The Freedom Convoy Is a Power Struggle
The Freedom Convoy was originally created to protest vaccine mandates for crossing the United States border, but later turned into a protest about Covid-19 restrictions in general. While many of…
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Covid, What Now?
You can feel it in the air, you talk about it with your friends, the coronavirus is on the wane. Although there are still cases of infection in the world,…
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Plenty More Waves in the Covid Sea
There is an oft-said consolation after a breakup: “There are plenty more fish in the sea.” As we are bidding farewell and saying “Good riddance!” to the Omicron wave, we…
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Education – We Need to Build Back Better
The past two years have been nerve-wracking for children, parents, and the entire education system. The recurring isolations and lockdowns have not only affected the children’s social relationships, they also…
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From the Body to the Mind
The current wave is causing more confusion than ever. If previously, experts believed that mass vaccinations were necessary in order to curb the spread of the virus, now there are…
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A Systemic Problem of Depression Requires a Systemic Solution
Depression has been a growing problem throughout the industrialized world for several decades, but it has skyrocketed since the onset of the pandemic. Death rates from substance abuse, suicide, and…
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A Good Slap to Calm Us Down
The latest strain is really turning everything we’ve known about handling the pandemic on its head. It is super contagious, generally mild, and no vaccine seems to protect against it.…
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