Two days after the  Russian  rebellion , the surprise is that the news media was actually on top of all the action.  You would have thought that the absence of any kind of reliable information from that country would suppress "the truth."  First, earlier today, released was an 11-minute audio by the leader of revolt as defiant as ever.  Then, later at night, a 5-minute address to his nation by Vladimir Putin, where he essentially reinforced what I thought was the reality.  Essentially, there was this revolt led by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group ( about 40,000 mercenaries ), which ended in a compromise arranged by Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko.  Certainly, this exposed Putin as vulnerable, and no matter what was decided, places Prigozhin as enemy #1 to Putin.  What is the future?  Stay tuned. It is  not popularly known , but there are already decades-old hepatitis B vaccines to prevent liver cancer, and HPV vaccines, introduced in 2006, to prevent cervical can

As you know, the new COVID-19 Omicron bivalent booster is now available.   When is the best time to take this shot?   It depends.   Read this article for details . For those who took their last booster six months ago, plan to soon travel, or otherwise happen to be vulnerable, like elders, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. In my case, I'm old, have a long trip coming up beginning on November 12, and live in a seniors' community.   Thus, 15 Craigside will arrange for these shots to be taken on our premises later this month.   For me, that's perfect, especially if taken at least two weeks before departure, which will be the case. But all my four vaccinations were of the Moderna version.   Should I stick to the same one, or expand to Pfizer? The CDC says it does not matter. Some studies of the earlier shots indicated that mixing vaccine brands actually may have produced a higher number of antibodies.  Moderna's earlier monovalent vaccines were slightly more effective than Pfizer's,

   From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):            DAY    USA    WORLD      Brazil      India      South Africa June     9     1093     4732         1185        246       82 July    22      1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12      1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9      1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21      1225      6849         571        703       85 Nov    25       2304    12025        620        518      118 Dec     30       3880    14748       1224       299      465 Jan      14        4142    15512        1151         189      712 Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398 Mar      2       1989     9490        1726       110      194 April     6        906    11787         4211       631       37 May     4        853     13667        3025      3786     59   June    1        287    10637         2346      3205      95  July    7         251      8440        1595        817      411 A

                                 From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732         1185        246       82 July    22     1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571        703       85 Nov    25      2304    12025        620        518      118 Dec     30      3880    14748       1224       299      465 Jan      14       4142     15512        1151        189      712                  Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398 Mar     2        1989      9490        1726       110      194 April   6          906     11787         4211       631       37 May    4         853     13667         3025     3786      59   June   1         287    10637         2346      3205       95  July   7          251   

  From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732        1185        246        82 July    22     1205     7128        1293      1120       572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242       835       130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136      1168        82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571       703        85 Nov    25     2304    12025        620       518      118 Dec     30     3880    14748      1224       299      465 Jan      14       4142    15512       1151         189      712                            20      4385    17350      1382        152     566             28       3908   16388      1439       162     555   Feb      1       1904     9265        609         94     235             2       3632   14673       1240        113      547              3       4005   14265      1209        107     398             4       3523    14287      1291         120     2