by cutting-edge-publishing | Mar 16, 2020 | health
I confess I am a relentless optimist. The joke of the two boys, one an optimist and the other a pessimist, portrays the difference quite well. The pessimist got a pony for his birthday. He sat looking at his new pony with large tears running down his...
by cutting-edge-publishing | Mar 11, 2020 | health, History
My last two essays were, you guessed it, on COVID-19. That is all you hear on the radio or TV these days. In keeping with the trend, I am continuing to stir the pot. It has gone viral. Coronavirus, true to its name, is a virus that has gone viral! Viruses...
by cutting-edge-publishing | Mar 9, 2020 | health, History
Mark Twain by A.F.Bradley © Benjamin Disraeli Photos.com/Jupiterimages © “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.” The phrase is often claimed to be one of Mark Twain’s quotes, who, in fact, attributed it to Benjamin Disraeli,...
by cutting-edge-publishing | Mar 4, 2020 | health, History
In 2017-2018 45,000,000 people had seasonal influenza in the US and 61,000 people died of it. “Coronavirus,” the cause of COVID 19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) at this point has infected 92,303 cases worldwide with 3,132 deaths, which is a 3.4 % risk of dying. ...
