Tag: covid

(24 May 2022) Just as Covid winds down and begins to recede into memory, world health authorities are back on alert following an outbreak of the monkeypox virus.  Originating in Africa, the index case of the current outbreak was diagnosed in the UK in early May and has since spread to a dozen countries, primarily through male homosexual contact.  While the total number of cases is still very small at 200, the media machine is nonetheless whipping up fear as government officials closely track its spread.  Coincidentally(!), the...