By now, it is obvious to those who follow the news even in the smallest regard, that the Coronavirus Pandemic is a major international crisis. As of writing this, over 500,000 people have been infected worldwide, and there have been over 25,000 fatalities – with Italy suffering over 600 deaths a day. Those of us…
Tag: medicine
SARS2 – Receptors, Treatment and Re-infection
Submitted by No Soap Radio What is ACE2 and is it racially distributed? Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is a protein on the surface of various cells that interacts with peptide hormones angiotensin I and II. Some viruses, such as coronaviruses, are able to bind to ACE2 so that they can enter the cell and begin replication. ACE2 can be found…
Everyone Is Sick Now
By Claire Nightingale (@PotsCooking) It’s 2 AM and the phone is ringing, but I am not asleep. 2 AM is my 2 PM, being a night shift nurse, so I am busily fussing about the house, cleaning and organizing. I look at my phone. My friend is calling. My father says that nothing good ever…
Manipulating & Medicating Masculinity
Most things in America today happen and then cause two different reactions like a split drop of water down an arm. Same drop, same molecule of H2O, and same arm yet different paths. It is not chaos theory. This is due to the political mindset of the individual. There is reality, and then there is…
Ethics Without Ethics
Last month, my daughter’s ballet class had a parents’ open house. Five year olds in tutus struggle through basic steps, but it is to share a Kodak moment. Across the floor my daughter and the handful of other girls moved. She laughed with a little towheaded girl when a specific song came on, and that…
The American Sun 