"And with materialism getting the upper hand it will only get worse exponentially."

This is so beautifully written. Easily a top 5 news article of the pandemic. Steady voice, laser accurate, interesting perspectives, and threads the needle of tough nuances and uncertainties.

"The deaths were up 25 percent in 2020 compared with 2019, amid heightened stress factors and delayed treatment, according to a new report."

"More than 2,600 Americans are dying from Covid-19 each day, an alarming rate that has climbed by 30 percent in the past two weeks. Across the United States, the coronavirus _...Read More_

"Suicides linked to sales of the preservative through Amazon have continued. The New York Times identified 10 people who had killed themselves using the chemical compound after buying it through the site in the past two years, including a _...Read More_

"Two years into the pandemic, the coronavirus is killing Americans at far higher rates than people in other wealthy nations, a sobering distinction to _...Read More_

>"The body of a man who had been on a boogie board was found off the coast of Morro Bay. The death was believed to be the only fatal shark encounter of the year in the United States."

>"Cases and fatalities have increased on the continent, even as they have dropped or remained stable in other parts of the globe."

"Germany’s state and federal politicians are scrambling to put new Covid rules in place as the country experiences record case numbers, and a top virologist has warned that the nation’s pandemic death toll could double if sufficient _...Read More_

>"The success represents a major victory for Narendra Modi’s government, but a recent slowdown in new vaccinations has sparked worries."

The movie’s director of photography was killed and the director was injured on the set of “Rust,” a Western, a sheriff’s office in New Mexico said.

>"The U.S. military cemetery at Guantánamo Bay offers a history of the century-old base — minus the outpost’s war-on-terror mission."

"Far more law enforcement officers in the U.S. have died from Covid-19 than from any other work-related cause in 2020 and 2021. Even so, police unions are fighting vaccine mandates."