Blog posts December 2009

H1N1 Hits Dogs, and Cheetahs too

H1N1 has been identified in 2 dogs in China.  Well, it isn't in the US but it sure means we now KNOW it can happen.  Unlike the reports we get here in the US, the Chinese didn't presume that the virus came from a human; they didn't speculate that it was somehow less likely that the dogs could pass t…

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It’s a Wonderful Death (On Euthanasia and Death Panels)

Today is World AIDS Day and, in honor of my mother, one of the victims of AIDS, I want to write on a hopeful topic.  Yes, death is or can be a hopeful topic.

Death is a part of life, just a part of the cycle all living things progress through.  I remember my grandfather’s death in an accident.  Tha…

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