Entries Tagged 'Health'

Where Will They Land?

By Dennis E. Powell | Jan 17, 2024 at 11:53 PM

Last week in a closed hearing of a congressional committee looking at the pandemic and governments’ handling of it, the former head of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, admitted that much of what his agency and others told the country was just pulled out of thin air (literally), and that his agency and others under his control tried to quash any talk of the likely origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Hospitals Are Dangerous Places

By Dennis E. Powell | Sep 27, 2023 at 9:57 PM

My grief-stricken niece, a nurse, this week had to explain to her 7-year-old son that his daddy would not be coming home from the hospital. That heartbreaking duty followed a stressful month.

Matcha? By Golly, Wow!

By Dennis E. Powell | Aug 24, 2022 at 9:00 PM

The mowing is finally done, at least for now, and the whole area carries the invigorating scent of newly mown grass. My amazing Swisher mower pulled through like a champ yet again. They make ‘em good in Missouri, except that when a friend overseas asked me about it, I checked and learned that it is no longer manufactured, which is a shame.