“It was surprising and very exciting,” says Professor Kimberly Brouwer, who teaches epidemiology at the UCSD School of Medicine. She’s talking about the brand-new graduate class she started last Tuesday, online. “I had 27 students …
April 8, 2020
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The history of epidemiology
No shelter for San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine
Pity the poor editors. As March turned into April, Wendy Manwarren Generes, editor of San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine (for which I have written) was trying to get the upcoming May issue to bed. “Last …
April 8, 2020
When San Diego had the Spanish flu
It was a municipal battle of life and death, witnessed by the frightened citizenry of century-ago San Diego, crowded into the musty confines of city hall, an ornate Victorian building at the corner of Fifth …
April 8, 2020
Virus sets up San Diego fight over paying rent
Viral lobbyists Mega-developer H.G. Fenton Company became the first registered San Diego influence seeker to jump into the fray over the financial impact of coronavirus legislation. Fenton wants “new policies regarding eviction moratoriums during COVID-19,” …
April 8, 2020
Health problems other than the virus
Pandemics without plants? “Push into Future” noted COVID-19-related evolution beyond office space (“Is the corona virus pushing us into the future?” Golden Dreams, March 28). As a personal trainer sitting is known to promote physical …
April 8, 2020
Star Trek: The Next Next Generation: Tiger King
Dear Hipster: As we all know, the coronavirus pandemic is nothing more than a consolidated effort by home delivery grocery apps and Netflix to keep us permanently combined in our homes. It’s actually sort of …
April 8, 2020