by Monty Self | Apr 28, 2020 | Opinion
The modern history of immunizations goes back to Dr. Edward Jenner. On May 14, 1796, Jenner took samples from the lesions of a dairymaid who was infected with cowpox and attempted to inoculate an 8-year-old boy. The boy suffered mild fever and body aches. Nine days...
by Monty Self | Apr 23, 2020 | Opinion
Health departments are releasing the demographic data that has been collected regarding COVID-19 cases. While the numbers are preliminary, it appears that African Americans are suffering a disproportionate amount of deaths compared to other racial groups. Recent data...
by Monty Self | Apr 17, 2020 | Opinion
A family member sent me a picture from the grocery store in which two-thirds of the shoppers were wearing some kind of face masks. There were some homemade masks, along with traditional surgical masks and a few N-95 respirators. A mask-covered face has quickly become...
by Monty Self | Apr 14, 2020 | Opinion
Harold Abraham Weill, the chief rabbi of Strasbourg, France, said the majority of the Jewish population in the city was infected with COVID-19. “How many people [in the Jewish community] have been infected? I believe maybe 50%, maybe 60% or 70%,” Weill estimated,...
by Monty Self | Apr 8, 2020 | Opinion
As the number of COVID-19 infected cases has risen to nearly 400,000 in the United States, we are seeing metropolitan areas crushed with the flood of patients. Two weeks ago, The Washington Post ran a story that reported some institutions were considering a COVID-19...
