Jeff–Saturday   I enjoy doing parodies of great poems. The exercise detaches my thoughts from reality, no matter ...

  Now fully vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine , I am once again ready to travel, and this season will be a busy one. Of course, it was imp...

Edward Jenner vaccinates James Phipps, 1798 Zoë Sharp If you have a scientific bent, you have probably heard of  Edward Jenner , an English ...

Wednesday--Kwei What's "normal?" As Covid-19 vaccination slowly progresses in the US and worldwide, I keep hearing the questio...

Annmaria on Monday Lady Mary Wortley Montagu did not invent inoculation.  She found out about the practice in the 18th century, from Turkish...

Wednesday--Kwei In the era of Covid-19, we've heard a lot about vaccines and the international race to produce one. However, even if a s...