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In August, we live through the Dog Days of Summer. It's hot and often humid, and those who can leave for better climates do. Down south, winter is in full force. August is also known as "the ...
Is it hot enough (or cold enough if you're below the equator) for you yet? There is actually a day for that! Like every month, I pick a diverse collection of events you may or may not know about. This ...
Along with October, May is one of the most densely packed months of the year. It's before the summer humidity and the last whole month of the school year. The weather is warming in t...
Pandemic Day might go down in history as one of its eeriest coincidences. March 11, 1918, the first cases of the Spanish Flu were reported in the United States. One-hundred and seven soldiers at Fort Riley, in Kansas, were diagnosed. The Spanish Flu would go on to claim the lives of 500,000 US citizens and 22 million people worldwide.
Fast forward to March 11, 2020, when the novel Coronavirus, named COVID-19, is declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. As of this writing (June 2021), the world is still in the midst of this pandemic. Over 614,000 Americans have died and globally, nearly 4,000,000. However, the global number is considered a vast underestimate, with experts estimating that number closer to 20 million. Nations including India, Brazil, Syria, Yemen, the Palestinian Territories and others, lack the medical infrastructure, testing and reporting mechanisms to accurately track infections and deaths, particularly in rural communities.
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