The United States is dangerously dependent for pharmaceuticals on the very regime whose failures and coverups caused this deadly pandemic to spiral out of control.
We are in the middle of a national emergency, so now is not the time to delay our response by arguing about issues that can be put off for future debate.
There is no doubt that social distancing is causing massive disruption in the lives of millions and on our economy as a whole. But it is also helping to slow the spread of this virus and save lives.
This is a time to turn our political swords into plowshares, for turning the means by which we ideologically confront each other into the means by which we build up our communities.
In this fearful time, we need altruism. But some members of Congress are focused on saving their own investment portfolios or making stupid partisan points or indulging their creepy ideological obsessions
We can keep taking intelligent steps to get COVID-19 under control. Once we do that, we will need to get the economy up and running as soon as possible.
When I heard health professionals sensibly advising us how “social distancing” is the most effective means by which to limit the spread of the coronavirus I found myself remembering CIA tradecraft.
We’re dealing with a lot — empty grocery store shelves, schools and churches closing, the stock market tanking, worries about our jobs, and about the health of everyone we love. But what about our children?
As thousands of American service members continue to stand watch around the world in defense of our great nation, the U.S. military is also helping to combat the invisible enemy now within our borders.
Vitamin D supplementation reduces the risk of respiratory infection, regulates cytokine production and can limit the risk of other viruses such as influenza.