The federal government issued another set of nursing home visitation guidelines. CMS now allows for resuming indoor visits based on community COVID-19 spread. Operators should “accommodate and support” indoor visits as long as no new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days. Outdoor visits remain preferred under the new rules with CMS noting that they

COVAX Global cooperation to develop a vaccine among all countries is extremely important.  The Trump administration will not join a global effort to develop, manufacture and equitably distribute a coronavirus vaccine. This short-sighted political decision will hinder scientific collaboration and advancement. More than 170 countries will participate in the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility (COVAX)

Hindsight is 20/20. I understand that. I hate to be a Monday morning quarterback. But we need to figure out why 200,000 Americans died when the rest of the world contained the virus. The historic neglect and under-funding of our state and local public health system contributed to the weak US response. Many experts offer

Lindsey Graham is an unprincipled liar, hypocrite, and Trump sycophant. He should be ashamed of himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp0_dK3mvr4#action=share “I want you to use my words against me,” the South Carolina Republican said. “If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said,

Many defenders of  17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse call him a member of the “militia” or a “minuteman.” Recently NBC News had a great article explaining the legal differences between a lawful militia and lawless vigilantes. The article explains why Rittenhouse is an armed thug and not a patriotic minuteman. Now this patriotic terminology is found online to