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Measure fever in elderly people in the nursing home because of Covid-19 and Coronavirus epidemic

^{Tom Shakely
May 15, 2020
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What If We Ignored Those Most Vulnerable to COVID-19?

_{Tom Shakely
May 15, 2020
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Portrait of intergenerational family sitting on bench

^{Tom Shakely
May 11, 2020
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Reimagining Home Life Instead of Warehousing Our Elders

_{Tom Shakely
May 11, 2020
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^{Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2020
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The Bioethicist Pandemic

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2020
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^{Tom Shakely
April 21, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Human Exceptionalism}

China, the Virus, and the Imperative to Build for Tomorrow

_{Tom Shakely
April 21, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Human Exceptionalism}

Marc Andreessen's "It's Time To Build" is a hopeful cri de coeur in this time of pandemic. Americans, and American elite leadership specifically, need what strikes me as essentially a spiritual awakening, and Andreessen speaks to that in his own way by pointing out that an ugly aspect of American life that this virus has revealed is a sort of cultural impotence. Read More ›

A man, wearing a face mask to protect himself from the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV or COVID-19 is riding a scooter in Taipei, Taiwan.

^{Tom Shakely
April 20, 2020
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Taiwan Learned Who Not to Trust

_{Tom Shakely
April 20, 2020
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Why has Taiwan done so well in combating COVID-19 — this pestilence that the press initially was calling the “Chinese coronavirus” or “Wuhan virus”? Simple: Taiwan’s leadership assumed everything it was hearing was a lie. A PBS News Hour feature sheds light on the skeptic posture that America must adopt toward Beijing going forward. Read More ›

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^{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2020
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The Jack Kevorkian Plague

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2020
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^{Wesley J. Smith
April 3, 2020
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COVID-19 Adult Stem-Cell Trials: A Hopeful Sign

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 3, 2020
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Here’s a small reason for optimism. In addition to vaccine research, the potential of malaria drugs, and antiviral testing, adult stem cells are also being deployed in current or imminent human trials for treating the physical effects of the COVID-19 virus. Read More ›

Physician in medical face mask holding syringe while senior lady keeping arm on cushion stock photo

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 2, 2020
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Coronavirus: Triage if Necessary, Health-Care Rationing, Never

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 2, 2020
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With the raging coronavirus pandemic threatening millions with infection, people are rightly worried that we could face the awful circumstance in which there are insufficient life-saving medical resources available for all catastrophically ill patients needing care. If that dark day comes, decisions will literally have to be made as to who among the seriously ill will be given an optimal chance to fight for life under intensive medical care, and who may have to face a likely death, albeit under palliative care. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
March 25, 2020
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Nevada Governor Partially Bars Use of Malaria Drug for Coronavirus

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 25, 2020
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^{John G. West
March 25, 2020
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Darwin’s Corrosive Idea

_{John G. West
March 25, 2020
Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design}

In the case of Darwin’s idea of unguided evolution and of a planet of life formed from blind, merciless material processes alone, West notes a range of consequences and impacts, on how we see the sanctity of human, how we understand morality and spirituality, and much more. In an interview with Sir David Attenborough, in 2013, the famed evolutionist called Read More ›