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Introduction
Iowa Timeline
Miscellany
Etiquette
It’s a Wondeful Life
Introduction: The 1918 flu pandemic left a W-shaped age distributed mortality curve. Soldiers with the least amount of military experience – and previous flu exposure – died of flu at higher rates than medical personnel and experienced soldiers. A young springy immune system could launch too rough of an autoimmune response, some non-doctors glean from this report.
Biotech is ready to face the next COVID wave with Omicron-proof monoclonal antibody treatments quickly coming online. But the logistics are flagging. Even in Europe they’re running out of tests.
The first available booster appointment I found within 25 miles is January 22. That’s in 2022. May all our mayors follow Boston’s lead; they reopened Fenway Park to vaccinators so people could return to receive boosters.
At the 4:00 mark and again toward the end of this Amanpour & Company interview, travel nurse Chelsea Walsh and early-retired staff nurse Rachel …
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