Science Journalism

 It has been nearly six months since my last post detailing the COVID-19 disaster. What was a seemingly preventable disease is now a catastrophe beyond any words. The world death toll due to COVID-19 stands at 4,961,968. Yes, that is nearly 5 million deaths due to a disease that could have been prevented. I put the blame squarely on the shoulders of the former president of the USA- D. J. Trump. His buffoonish mishandling in the early stages could have prevented many of those deaths. From injecting bleach to buying stockpiles of the vaccine (only to see many vials of vaccine be tossed into the trash heap) is a travesty to humanity. Other unmentionable sins constitute profiteering on the deaths of poor and habitual lying to the his constituents.  If anything, this man needs to face a tribunal in The Hague after the pandemic is beaten. Sadly, this period of history will be a dark one for the USA. It is marked by profiteering and the denial of good science by millions of its own citizens. 

While at the American Chemical Society (ACS) website, my eyes stopped at the following title, Airborne Transmission of COVID-19: Aerosol Dispersion, Lung Deposition, and Virus Receptor Interactions. The lead author, Yi Y. Zuo and his two co-workers are affiliated with reputable US Universities. The article, itself, is from the ACS journal, NANO, the title is short for nanotechnology. The field of nanotechnology was originally launched from lecture given by the late Richard P. Feynman at the California Institute of Technology in 1960. JUSTIFYING THE BAD-SCIENCE? COVID-19 transmission perplexes those of us who watch public figures continue to assert COVID-19 as not dangerous. Many of us continue to mask up and have received a vaccination. Whether for personal gain or perceived political advantage, public officials continue to harm their constituents. When the COVID-19 issue was labeled a hoax in 2020, conspiracy theorists seized on public perceptions of vaccines and masking to equate to

The world may be entering a new phase in the battle with COVID. We - you and me, should not be completely shocked by what has transpired since the last president (#45) left office. In my rather angry tone, the world will be lucky if the USA escapes another war. The former president (#45) gave much of the world a blackened, bloodied eye. His base should view the current COVID crisis as time to repent and strike a new path. (I am dead serious...) I would count all of us fortunate if we do avoid any major conflagrations overseas.  I was watching the news this Sunday morning, and the largest democracy in the world is in chaos. It is not the USA -- it is India. India adopted democracy much later than the USA--- nearly 125 years later than the USA. The COVID crisis, in India, should concern all of us. Reports from their hospitals sound nearly apocalyptic.  India's democracy was gained from the struggles of Mahatama Ghandi, Nehru, and their followers with the UK [in the 20th century]. It