By Marion Mass A world of normalcy is almost in our reach. More than 45 percent of the U.S. population has been vaccinated, workplaces are reopening, and many schools are returning to in-person learning. While this is hopeful and exciting, in the midst of our eagerness we must strive to maintain many of […]
Tag: Covid-19
Masking: A Careful Review of the Evidence
By Paul E. Alexander The question on whether to wear a face mask or not during the Covid-19 pandemic remains emotional and contentious. Why? This question about the utility of face coverings (which has taken on a talisman-like life) is now overwrought with steep politicization regardless of political affiliation (e.g. republican or liberal/democrat). Importantly, […]
Business Day: Ivermectin is a Proven Treatment for Covid-19, So Let’s Use It
By George Coetzee Although the ongoing vaccination campaign shows promise in turning the tide against the coronavirus, gaps in access and acceptance persist, posing a particular threat to underserved populations and developing nations. I have worked on the front lines during both of SA’s Covid-19 waves, and seen first-hand that the drug ivermectin is […]
Review of the Emerging Evidence on Ivermectin
Review of the Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19 American Journal of Therapeutics: May Jun 2021 – Volume 28 – Issue 3 – p e299-e318. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000001377 Read the full article here. Abstract Background: After COVID-19 emerged on U.S shores, providers began reviewing the emerging basic science, […]
Mining Could Be Key to Peru’s Economic Recovery
By Peruvian Institute of Economics (IPE) IPE projects that 2.3 million new jobs would be generated by projects identified in a new mining portfolio. The study “Contribution of Mining to the National Economy”, prepared by the Peruvian Institute of Economy (IPE), was presented as part of the “Road to the 14th Symposium of […]
How the Private Sector Could Help to Fight the Next Pandemic
By Haig Simonian, Avenir Suisse Hindsight, it is said, offers 20:20 vision. With the Coronavirus pandemic now into its second year, experts and governments around the world have become much savvier about how to deal with an international health crisis. If that knowledge could be harnessed to tackle the next pandemic – which […]
Landmark Court Battle for COVID-19 Treatment
By Justus R. Hope, MD The legal war for access to the life-saving drug Ivermectin is being waged both in the United States and South Africa. The US battle is led by Buffalo, New York attorney Ralph C. Lorigo while Bongani Luthuli fights in Johannesburg. Mr. Lorigo made national news when he won a […]
Targeted relief boosts lockdown compliance
“Targeted COVID-19 relief programs improve compliance with confinement measures” Courtesy of IZA Until a vaccine becomes available for the entire population, social distancing is doomed to remain a matter of life or death. Compliance with social distancing measures requires civic-mindedness, law enforcement, and the capacity to satisfy basic needs from home. In particular, stay-at-home […]
Growing Evidence Shows COVID-19 Treatments Are Working
Just over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple drug treatments are finally breaking through the veil of confusion that has obscured these safe, widely used medications. A growing body of evidence supports combinations of oral therapies including ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), doxycycline, azithromycin, steroids, and blood thinners, along with zinc and vitamin D. With […]
Kansas Dropped The Ball on COVID-19 Response
If you were at the Okun Fieldhouse COVID-19 vaccination center in Shawnee last Tuesday, you could witness the mortifying spectacle of senior citizens forced to line up in the freezing cold to get their first shot, an embarrassing planning failure which one senior’s family member called a “zoo.” Once concerned citizen’s email to Johnson […]