with Anthony Newcombe Published with permission from writeplus.biz Title: W-T-F happened? Topic: Wasnāt Covid in our rear window…#GuessNOT Why is everyone testing positive NOW!?Ā We thought were headingĀ outtaĀ this āthing?ā I thought the stands were going to be filled with something OTHER than “flat-Stanleys?”Ā Weren’t we heading to the ball parks and arenas and concert venues again?Ā Didn’t […]
Read Morewith 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. Terminology: Pandemic was recently dubbed the āword of the yearā by Merriam-Webster (click link either left or below). Congrats, pandemic, youāve officially arrived! However, now the discussion has shifted […]
Read MoreA Closer Look … with Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from writeplus.biz) Letās take a closer look ā¦Ā @ college students! Area: Education and college students Issue: What can be expected from the ācollege falloutā due dramatic loss of revenue from the Covid-19 pandemic. In other words, how do parents of soon to be college students even know […]
Read MoreA Closer Look … with Anthony Newcombe published with permission from writeplus.biz Area(s): business, politicsĀ (and the strange ways they seem to intersect these days) Topic: Business “Monopoly sweepstakes” during this pandemic Issue: Are āfavoredā companies taking unfair advantage of āunfavoredā ones ā as well as the rest of us – during this pandemic? I donāt […]
Read MoreA Closer Look … with Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from writeplus.biz) Topic: PLAY BALL!! (just donāt 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 […]
Read MoreA Closer Look … with Anthony Newcombe published with permission from writeplus.biz Let’s take a closer look …Ā @ NEW SKILLS DURING COVID LOCKDOWN?? 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.” […]
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 donāt mix) Topic: How do we manage to blame the āother partyā during a global pandemic? I understand all too well that America in 2020 is in the midst of a political tug oā war over, well, almost everything. We have demonstrated that we can brawl about […]
Read MoreA Closer Look … at Health & Pandemics! posted with permission from WritePlus with Anthony Newcombe (Vol. II) 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 […]
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