How many COVID deaths are acceptable in a post-pandemic world?

Annual deaths from diseases such as influenza — which before the pandemic killed between one-quarter of a million and half a million people each year globally — offer a barometer.  Photo: Londoners enjoy drinks in outside areas of pubs after […]

Some US states offering ‘incentives’ to take covid vaccination

Photo: Joints for Jabs was held in New York in Union Square. Free joints were distributed to people who could prove they had received a coronavirus vaccine.Credit…Julia Gillard for The New York Times 03 May 2021 |  Neil Vigdor | […]

Lucinda Williams says she is recovering from a stroke

Click below to hear I Envy the Wind from Essence, which I think is not only her best album but one of the best contemporary albums ever. JP 03 May 2021 | Joseph Hudak | Rolling Stone (original link) A […]

Dr. Anthony Fauci Slams Joe Rogan for Expressing Opinion about COVID-19 Vaccine

Dr. Anthony Fauci addressed Joe Rogan’s comments on COVID-19 vaccinations on the Today Show, April 28th. 28 April 2021 | Paul Resnikoff | Digital Music News (original link) Earlier this week, we first reported that Spotify had placed a Joe Rogan […]

End-of-life care: people should have the option of general anaesthesia as they die

27 April 2021 | Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu | The Conversation (original link) Dying patients who are in pain are usually given an analgesic, such as morphine, to ease their final hours and days. And if an analgesic isn’t enough, […]