No fun allowed. Stay home, don’t go out and eat. For those who swallow large portions of fast junk food, don’t worry, there’s a more deadly killer out there. According to a report issued last Thursday by the CDC, the most dangerous social activity in the age of COVID is… eating out at a restaurant!...
Tag: sep 15 2020
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NURSING HOMES BLUES
Despite the clear evidence, since Italy reported it in April, the average age of people who were dying from COVID-19 was 80. The CDC states on its website those who are at risk of dying from the virus: “Among adults, the risk for severe illness from COVID-19 increases with age, with older adults at highest...
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ANTI-MASK/ANTI-VACCINE/ANTI-LOCKDOWN PROTESTS SPREADING
From Berlin to Dublin, Paris to London, Melbourne to Montreal, citizens are taking to the streets to voice anger over the continuing breach of freedoms imposed by COVID restrictions. As the Trends Journal has been reporting since March, when politicians launched the COVID War, as with other wars, they have no exit strategy and ignore...
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COVID LOCKDOWNS INCREASE DRUG ABUSE
From the outset of the U.S. shutdowns in March, the Trends Journal had forecast that the lockdown “cure” for dealing with the coronavirus, imposed by politicians and their bureaucratic health “experts,” would cause more suffering than the virus itself. States across the U.S. are reporting a troubling increase in drug fatalities amid the widespread coronavirus...
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SAUDI ARABIA AIMS TO BECOME A NEW ENERGY POWERHOUSE
As the Oil Age slowly fades into history, Saudi Arabia is betting its new energy future on becoming a leading producer of “green” hydrogen. The Saudi government already is a leading producer of hydrogen for use in fertilizers and chemicals. But now it has signed an agreement with ACWA Power, a Saudi public-private partnership, and...
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SOUTH KOREA SCHOOLS GO ONLINE
South Korea’s education ministry reported last Wednesday that the nation was allocating more than $110 million for the transition to long-term remote learning. The money primarily will go to transforming classrooms and standard textbooks into formats more conducive to the digital age. Choi Won-hwi, a leader in the government division that supervises educational instruction, told...
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COVID CASES DROP, SCHOOLS STILL PANIC
As Labor Day weekend ended, states across America reported a total of less than 25,000 new cases of the coronavirus, marking the smallest total in three months, while deaths from COVID-19 dropped to the lowest level since 20 July, according to the Wall Street Journal analysis of Johns Hopkins University research. Yet, COVID Fear and...
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IRISH: ON TIME, USE CLOCK TO EAT
To date, just under 2,000 people have died in Ireland from COVID-19 in a country of about five million or 0.03 percent. As in the U.K., France, and Spain, the Irish have seen a rise in coronavirus cases. How dramatic a spike? Last Tuesday, there were 30 new cases. But that tiny number was high...
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GREEN TIME, NOT SCREEN TIME, BOOSTS CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH
Children’s and teens’ mental health varies according to the amount of time they spend outdoors versus in front of screens, according to new research from the University of Adelaide. The researchers reviewed 186 studies and found the more time young people spend in nature, the better their psychological health, while the more time spent staring...
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ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS MANAGES TYPE 1 DIABETES
Children born with type 1 diabetes can’t produce insulin from their pancreases to process sugar. Fewer than one in five of these children can manage their condition effectively. They’re subject to a lifetime of insulin injections, detailed dietary management, and a range of future health risks. But now clinical trials at four U.S. pediatric diabetes...