A handful of links
The Most Ambitious Diary in History:
Claude Fredericks, a Bennington classics professor, knew Anaïs Nin and James Merrill, and taught Donna Tartt. He kept a journal for eight decades, and persuaded many in his orbit that he was writing a titanic masterpiece. Did he?, from The New Yorker
The Man Who Brought the Swastika to Germany, and How the Nazis Stole It, from The Smithsonian
In Alaska Native villages and across communities of color, the enduring silence of grief, from The Washington Post
"...The coronavirus has created a new generation exposed to unimaginable loss. One out of every 500 children has lost a parent to the pandemic, a figure that varies widely when broken down by race and ethnicity:
One out of every 168 American Indian and Alaska Native children has lost a parent to covid-19. One out of every 310 Black children. One out of every 412 Hispanic children. One out of every 612 Asian children. One out of every 753 White children..."
As pandemic pounds Ukraine, desperate officials try to scare people into getting the jab (...not that it's having much effect...), also from The Washington Post
Inside Russia's ‘fourth wave’: Record deaths, deep frustration and plenty of blame
"...MOSCOW - A routine medical checkup in mid-September nearly cost Alexander Ivanov his life. The clinic was packed with people, almost no one wearing masks.
“Or distancing,” he said - a common sight in Russian public spaces and on transport. “I even told some of the people that they should be wearing masks, but people didn’t care.”..."
From Medscape:
Country by Country, Scientists Eye Beginning of an End to the COVID-19 Pandemic (we can only hope...)
"...COVID-19 is still expected to remain a major contributor to illness and death for years to come, much like other endemic illnesses such as malaria.
"Endemic does not mean benign," Van Kerkhove said...."
A Little Halloween Treat for NICU Families, Nurses Dress Up Babies
Claude Fredericks, a Bennington classics professor, knew Anaïs Nin and James Merrill, and taught Donna Tartt. He kept a journal for eight decades, and persuaded many in his orbit that he was writing a titanic masterpiece. Did he?, from The New Yorker
The Man Who Brought the Swastika to Germany, and How the Nazis Stole It, from The Smithsonian
In Alaska Native villages and across communities of color, the enduring silence of grief, from The Washington Post
"...The coronavirus has created a new generation exposed to unimaginable loss. One out of every 500 children has lost a parent to the pandemic, a figure that varies widely when broken down by race and ethnicity:
One out of every 168 American Indian and Alaska Native children has lost a parent to covid-19. One out of every 310 Black children. One out of every 412 Hispanic children. One out of every 612 Asian children. One out of every 753 White children..."
As pandemic pounds Ukraine, desperate officials try to scare people into getting the jab (...not that it's having much effect...), also from The Washington Post
Inside Russia's ‘fourth wave’: Record deaths, deep frustration and plenty of blame
"...MOSCOW - A routine medical checkup in mid-September nearly cost Alexander Ivanov his life. The clinic was packed with people, almost no one wearing masks.
“Or distancing,” he said - a common sight in Russian public spaces and on transport. “I even told some of the people that they should be wearing masks, but people didn’t care.”..."
From Medscape:
Country by Country, Scientists Eye Beginning of an End to the COVID-19 Pandemic (we can only hope...)
"...COVID-19 is still expected to remain a major contributor to illness and death for years to come, much like other endemic illnesses such as malaria.
"Endemic does not mean benign," Van Kerkhove said...."
A Little Halloween Treat for NICU Families, Nurses Dress Up Babies