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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch The CDC has recommended that Americans wear masks “in [...]
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In this companion video to a recent article, Joe Alton MD examines a possible reason that [...]
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Dr. Semmelwies In this companion video to a previous article, Dr. Joe Alton discusses a time [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to steamroll populations of many countries, and drive efforts [...]
In this companion video to a previous article, Joe Alton MD gives some thoughts on what permanent [...]
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Hint: This isn't enough The CDC has recommended social distancing that keeps six feet between [...]
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COVID-19 is running rampant throughout the globe. Contagious and sometimes deadly, it's likely [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rampage throughout the known world, killing thousands and [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic is overwhelming hospitals and overworked medical staff, leading the CDC [...]
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Thinking Outside The Box Face mask supplies are becoming scarce and the government is [...]
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Is The New Coronavirus outbreak a Pandemic? Pandemics look like this Over the years, I’ve [...]
Video: Face Masks, Part 2 Wuhan, China Recently, we discussed some important basics about [...]
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Masks Mandatory in Wuhan Last week, we reported on a mysterious ailment first reported Dec. 8th,[...]
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