by Carolyn Bickford
I’ve just got the first copies of my book about the COVID response out, and it details a lot of the craziness and madness of the response — much of which has already been forgotten. In the book, I recount…
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Could we have had vaccinations against COVID-19 sooner, or given what we know now, taken more time to discover the rare side-effects we only know of now, before mandating the shots for all? In the book The Vaccine: Inside the…
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“Why was six feet the magic distance to stand apart from one another in order to avoid catching the deadliest and most dangerous virus of all time(TM) in the United States? It’s how far apart all the markers were spread…
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“Dr.” Fauci will “consider” showing up for Congress to answer for all the damage and harm he did to our children, our society, our health, and our mental health. Here’s what Megyn Kelly says about that.
I make a big deal about understanding the source and context of an opinion, so you might want to know a little about who I am and how that influences by opinions. The opinions I state here have nothing to…
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Back when I started in journalism (back in the era of print journalism), I was taught that every news story had to have some research, so it wasn’t just a repeat of what someone else had said. We were supposed…
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First responders have rules and protocols they need to follow in various situations. For respiratory pathogens (like tuberculosis, ebola, and COVID-19), the protocol was for the responder to don an N95 or better (or HEPA) mask and then place one…
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A few days ago, I saw the headline that all Fry’s Electronics stores abruptly closed. Sadly, there was nothing abrupt about the closing. But for anyone who experienced shopping at Fry’s (for better and worse), it was a sad end…
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When I was young and single, a roommate showed me how to have a great Valentine’s Day regardless of whether you have a partner. Valda was in her mid- to late-30s and had built a life anyone could admire. She’d…
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As 2020, the first year of the pandemic came to a close, our neighbor invited us to close out the year on his nicely-heated back porch. As we watched New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on the TV he had over the…
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