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COVID-19 disinformation revisited

In his final official briefing to the nation, Dr. Anthony Fauci urged Americans to get vaccinated and boosted in preparation for the upcoming holidays and cold weather gatherings. Nevertheless, only one eighth of area residents are currently up to date with COVID-19 booster shots. Two reasons to support Dr. Fauci’s advice easily come to mind. First, many of us, acting out of empathy, want to slow the spread of COVID-19 among people whose immune systems are weakened. While there is no guarantee that staying caught up with COVID-19 vaccinations will keep us from testing positive, we do ...

Who lost $6,000 in Old Lycoming?

Would you be concerned if you lost $6,000. of your budget and ready access to a tool that improved the efficiency of your police department? So would I. However, as reported in the Nov. 10 edition of the Sun-Gazette, that does not appear to be the case in Old Lycoming Township. At their Nov. 8 meeting the township supervisors could not explain why the Central Processing Center was suddenly being moved. It has been housed in Old Lycoming Township for nine years, through three police chiefs and two district attorneys with no difficulties. Suddenly months after the fourth chief arrived it ...

Studies may offer glimpses of good news about long COVID

There is hopeful news about long COVID and for the people living with it. Their months-to years-long journeys may be about to become shorter than the experiences of individuals who in the past suffered from the after-effects of infections like polio, Ebola, mononucleosis, borrelia (Lyme disease), and earlier coronaviruses. It is no secret that post-acute infection syndromes, the fancy term for symptoms that continue after an infectious illness is gone, have been neglected. This time around, due to dogged advocacy work by many of the world’s estimated 145 million people with long COVID, ...

Thank you for our travels together

How does one say goodbye without actually leaving? After 24 years in the Senate, I am stepping away from public life. But as a life-long resident of Centre County, I’m not going anywhere. Who could have guessed that nearly a half century ago when I walked on the floor for my father’s first swearing-In to the Senate of Pennsylvania, it would begin a near five-decade relationship between the Corman family and the citizens of the 34th Senatorial District? My father and I had very different careers. He was much more community-focused, holding constant constituent hours and working ...

Could the COVID-19 vaccine have spared my family?

My name is Danielle, or “D” as my family and friends call me. I have been a registered nurse since 2007. I love being a nurse and love to educate patients. I am a firm believer in “prevention is the best medicine.” In November of 2021, I was 20 weeks pregnant. We had been trying to conceive through in-vitro fertilization for a few years and this was our “rainbow baby” after a miscarriage on our previous attempt. I had stopped working since COVID numbers were rising to protect myself and the baby from the risks of contracting COVID-19. Although a vaccine advocate, due to the ...

In Israeli election, the votes have been counted as well

With all the votes counted in Israel, it appears that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud government are headed for a “decisive” victory. A decisive victory in Israel means more than 60 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. This is a remarkable and resounding comeback for a man who has served as Prime Minister for 12 years and took Israel from being a backwoods third world socialist country to a modern capitalist miracle, with a mixed economy. Likud won 32 seats in the 120-member Knesset which means that “Bibi” will need coalition partners holding 29 seats. ...