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The Senior Covid Blues

Annual Xmas contribution. Dedicated to all oldies and oldie wannabes!

I have read many articlesabout the virus particlesthat swirl about and sneak into our noses. Today it takes tenacityto keep one’s lung capacityand not look up and see the roots of roses! According to virologymy system’s etiologydoes put me in the high-risk covid class. A condition pre-existingand with olden age persistingmake it challenging to save my little ass. But I’ll strive for the achievementof avoiding my bereaveme...

The Story of Polio

The story of polio from its earliest beginnings to its expected eradication

The story of polio probably began long ago in the cities of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Northern India, where the conditions were right for transmission of the virus – chiefly high population density and rudimentary sanitation. It is a story that experts in Public Health believe will end sometime in the next decade with the eradication of poliovirus ­ only the second human virus to have been eradicated, the other being smallp...