Opinion

There is at least one new vaccine that will soon be available: Novavax. I am very hopeful about this, and I advise that it be considered by anyone who needs a COVID vaccine for any reason.

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I have a question. Now, for all you male-types out there, please forgive me for asking this. I’m sure to you, it will seem like a stupid question. But as I watch my son’s fascination with one particular, everyday object, I am reminded of countless little boys and big boys I’ve known who have had this same fascination. And I just need to know the answer.

Can you believe it is just about the end of summer? If your kids are anything like mine, the battle cries of, “We are bored!” and “What are we doing today?” have started to fill the time between waking up and finishing my first cup of coffee.

Brains are so complex that it seems scientists learn something new every day. The human brain is incredible! It is able to process emotions, sensations, information, memories, and everything in between. It is like a well-oiled machine. But just as machines can malfunction, so can our brains.

Omicron reset things in at least two ways. First, it had a spike protein that was immunologically very different from the previous variants. This meant that it was unaffected by most of the vaccines and antibody treatments that had been effective for previous variants, because these were directed against the spike portion of the viral particle. The immunologic changes were significant enough that even people who were healthy and had been triple-vaccinated in addition to having recovered from COVID were not immune. That’s bad.

They all sat on the headboard of my daughter’s bed. Some even sat on her desk and bookshelf. Each had a unique personality, but they didn’t really contribute much. Dad after day, week after week and some even year after year each of them had taken up residence but had no real defining moments; one defining moment maybe, the day they arrived.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safe house intensified global scrutiny Tuesday of Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and further undermined their efforts to secure international recognition and desperately needed aid.

No doubt you have heard, “Life is just one damned thing after another!” It’s not true. The truth is that life is one damned thing over and over and over! COVID is a good example of that fact.