In normal times, when we’re not all inside waiting out a pandemic, physical self-isolation can be both a symptom and cause of depression and alienation.
Twelve of the viruses that Geoghegan and her co-authors detected are potentially novel strains.
Most people were now wearing masks, and a few were obviously nervous about inadvertently drifting too close.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has become the public face of such anxiety disorders.
If anyone bothers to look, there will probably be disparities between Catholics and Protestants.
Surrounding all of these movements has been the metaphorical connection of disease with not only illness, but also impurity more generally—concepts that have obvious and horrifying linkages to racist political movements.
The city of Rome likely had a population of over a million by the time the Emperor Augustus died (August 19th, AD 14).
The language of the social justice Left began appearing in diversity statements at even the most elite schools.
An FBI investigation into the episode produced a heavily redacted report that satisfied no one.
Which brings us back to COVID-19. By one estimate, 80,000 Americans died from flu-related illnesses during the 2017 — 2018 flu season.
When people are dying horrible deaths in isolation from loved ones, and essential workers are putting themselves and their families at risk by going into danger zones, this isn’t the time to focus on how much we’ll “repay” young, healthy people who, though worried and unemployed, are safe at home.
Science writer, author and Skeptic editor-in-chief Michael Shermer talks to Toby Young about his new book Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. They talk about a range of free speech issues, including hate speech, Holocaust denial, the Pentagon Papers and Wikileaks.
If liberal strategies end up providing weaker results than illiberal ones, liberals might want to revise not only their COVID-19 policy, but also some of their broader assumptions about human nature.
Chinatown is a remarkable blend of screenwriter Robert Towne and director Roman Polanski’s antipodal sensibilities.
Social isolation can be so stressful that it “disrupts brain development (in younger members of social species) and leads to mental health problems later in life.”