with Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from https://writeplus.biz) Topic: How and who will pay for COVID-19 vaccinations? Issue: Pandemic, vaccination costs, and the risks of ongoing collateral damage in the U.S. 1.Terminology: Pandemic was recently dubbed the “word of the year” by Merriam-Webster (click link either left or below). Congrats, pandemic, you’ve officially arrived! However, now the discussion has shifted […]
Read Morewith Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from writeplus.biz) Let’s take a closer look … Area: Education and college students Issue: What can be expected from the “college fallout” due dramatic loss of revenue from the Covid-19 pandemic. In other words, how do parents of soon to be college students even know which ones will even exist next fall and […]
Read Morewith Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from writeplus.biz) Area: business, politics (and the strange ways they seem to intersect these days) Topic: Business “Monopoly sweepstakes” during this pandemic Issue: Are “favored” companies taking unfair advantage of “unfavored” ones – as well as the rest of us – during this pandemic? I don’t know about you, but […]
Read Morewith Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from writeplus.biz) Topic: PLAY BALL!! (just don’t spit or argue…and get Covid tested often!!) Issue: Can baseball players really refrain from spitting?! Or, arguing? Or … I guess it’s a valiant effort to think we can “field” a troupe of MLB players and count on them to refrain from spitting before, during, and […]
Read Morewith Anthony Newcombe published with permission from writeplus.biz Let’s take a closer look … Topic: What skill did you learn/ are you learning during the extended “home-based” Covid-19 period? Personal note: Like you, I noticed plenty of people getting in on the new “mask production craze.” What new skill(s) have YOU acquired during the Covid shutdown? However, I decided […]
Read Morewith Anthony Newcombe Published with permission from writeplus.biz Topic: Reopening vs. Testing (Covid-19) Issue: Is it better to risk an economic collapse using a more deliberate approach in reopening America (with a broader national testing program), or, try to get us ‘back to normal’ as quickly as possible and risk another spike in infections and deaths? […]
Read Morewith Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from WritePlus.biz) Arena: Healthcare and Politics (and why they don’t mix) Topic: How do we manage to blame the ‘other party’ during a global pandemic? I understand all too well that America in 2020 is in the midst of a political tug o’ war over, well, almost everything. We have demonstrated that we can brawl about […]
Read MorePosted with permission from WritePlus.Biz with Anthony Newcombe (Vol. II) Area: Covid-19 / Health & Pandemics Issue: What “good” has already resulted from shutting down entire city, state, and nation populations due to the Covid-19 pandemic? Let’s take ‘a closer look’ … If you haven’t yet noticed, we are in an international health crisis – […]
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