Last week, the CDC acknowledged what many of us have been saying for almost nine months about cleaning surfaces to prevent transmission by touch of the coronavirus: It’s pure hygiene theater. “Based on available epidemiological data and studies of environmental transmission factors,” the CDC concluded, “surface transmission is not the main route by which SARS-CoV-2 spreads, and the risk is considered to be low.” In other words: You can put away the bleach, cancel your recurring Amazon subscription for disinfectant wipes, and stop punishing every square inch of classroom floor, restaurant table, and train seat with high-tech antimicrobial blasts. COVID-19 is airborne: It…

There are some solid reasons  why Japan and the Japanese are very different from the rest of the world, or at least the world we are aware of so far. Japan was isolated, literally, for hundreds of years. No one knew what was happening on the islands, nor did the Japanese have a clue about what was beyond their islands. And only by 1868, the legend began to uncover. One example of those differences is the concept of “religion”. Let me give you an idea about religion in Japan. To begin with, Buddhism and Shinto are the two most popular religions…

Contournant le fauteuil, la femme de Elias s'agenouilla à hauteur de la jeune femme, lui serrant la main et l'épaule valide, elle la regarda avec un si grand débordement de tendresse, que les yeux de Ayam s'embuèrent de larmes: - Doux Jésus ne dis plus jamais cela mon enfant, je t'aime comme ma propre fille, le Seigneur m'a donné deux fils et pas de fille. Tu es la mienne, tes…

Information about the characteristics of these variants is rapidly emerging. Scientists are working to learn more about how easily they spread, whether they could cause more severe illness, and whether currently authorized vaccines will protect people against them.   What we know Viruses constantly change through mutation, and new variants of a virus are expected to occur over time. Sometimes new variants emerge and disappear. Other times, new variants emerge…

- Au risque de vous paraître impertinente, j'ai comme un sixième sens qui me dit, que l'enquête dont vous avez la charge actuellement va être expédie en moindre de temps qu'il faut et cela intentionnellement. Fit Ayam en faisant pivoter d'une rapide poussée de la main son fauteuil roulant. Aux paroles de la jeune femme l'Israélien avait été tenté pendant une fraction de seconde de se départir de son masque…