Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Killing your host, virus vs humans
Op Ed by Helge Nome
It is not a good idea to bulldoze in on your host, with no regard for his health and the consequences for yourself in the process, as you accompany him to his, and your funeral.
If you want to thrive and multiply, your host needs to be treated with respect and not be unduly troubled by your presence. COVID has now learned that lesson and is very successfully claiming territory in the form of the Omicron variant.
The question arises; have we, humans, learned that lesson yet, in relation to how we treat Mother Earth? I don't think so, and we are about to learn the hard way, whether we like it or not, and those that show our mother some respect will ultimately be those that survive.
Monday, January 17, 2022
Friday, January 14, 2022
Monday, January 10, 2022
Sunday, January 9, 2022
End of pandemic. What's next?
Op Ed by Helge Nome
The Covid pandemic is all but over, thanks to the virulent Omicron variant that has now all but displaced the Delta variant as the main infective agent.
The result is far less severe disease and more rapid recovery from infection. Nature has done its thing. What's the point in killing your host or severely demobilizing him anyway? If the object is rapid and sustained spread to a maximum number of hosts?
So, like in 1920, it is time to move on to the good times, maybe? Like the "roaring twenties"?
History has a tendency to repeat itself, so I expect something like that will happen because of post pandemic pent up energy being released.
Just as well, because we are going to be heading into severe weather challenges as atmospheric gases move in unpredictable ways above our heads, driven by changes in ocean currents and absorbed energy from Sol.
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Fred Eaglesmith on Grandview Stage
Veteran Canadian singer/songwriter and storyteller Fred Eaglesmith had a captive audience on Grandview Stage, southwest of Rocky Mountain House on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The informal lawn setting, mosquitoes, and unfulfilled threat of showers, fitted right in with Fred's style: He is a somewhat irreverent commentator on the status quo, in both prose and song and his followers are self proclaimed "FredHeads" (rhymes with "deadheads"). Present among the locals at the performance where people from Australia and one group had traveled from Vancouver to spend a night with Fred and his band, who were supported by the Ginn Sisters from Texas. Fred commented on everything from life on the farm ("I shot my neighbor's dog") to Brian Mulroney's $300,000 wad of cash, and how heavy it must have been to carry it out of the hotel. ("Why didn't he just accept a cheque instead?)
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Monday, January 3, 2022
Sunday, January 2, 2022
Friday, December 31, 2021
Good news from South Africa
Average number of new infections reported each day in South Africa falls by more than 4,700 over the last 3 weeks, 20% of its previous peak
COVID-19 infections are decreasing in South Africa, with 10,336 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 44% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on December 16.
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Message from Harry Covid
"Hi, My name is Harry and you are my host. I feel the same way you do: Live a long life and reproduce to the best of my ability. Let's get along and treat each other with respect.
I don't want to kill you and my offspring inside your dying body, so I have decided to stay away from your lungs and hang out in your airways instead. That way I can quickly jump from one of you to the next one without putting you into isolation in a hospital, because you can still breathe without much difficulty.
I'm OK, you're OK. We get along."
Reply: " That works for me too Harry; gives me time to figure out how to get along with you so that you can fit in with all the gazillion other critters that live inside me. Welcome to the family"