Between 1837 and 1869 he was known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet.
He is best known for the remark, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Great men are almost always bad men...", which he made in a letter to an Anglican bishop.
The problem is those who been pumped up by the subordinate and the Media as if they are great.
Mao Zedong undertook several massive campaigns in an attempt to modernize and improve life in China. between 1958 and 1962. Killing all the sparrows was part of this campaign.
People were mobilized to eradicate the birds. They used beating drums to scare the birds from landing, forcing them to fly until they died of exhaustion. People tore down sparrow nests and shot sparrows down from the sky.
Locust populations boomed and they ate everything in their path. Grain production in most rural areas collapsed and a massive famine began. People ran out of things to eat and millions starved. The official number of fatalities from the Chinese government was 15 million. However, it’s estimated by some scholars that the fatalities were as high as 45 million.
Seeing and acting on one side of the equation. Just a thought.
.Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms can last weeks or months for some people. These patients, given the name "long haulers", have in theory recovered from the worst impacts of COVID-19 and have tested negative. However, they still have symptoms.
Researchers estimate about 10% of COVID-19 patients become long haulers, according to a recent article from The Journal of the American Medical Association,
This condition can effect anyone – old and young, otherwise healthy people and those battling other conditions. It has been seen in those who were hospitalized with COVID-19 and patients with very mild symptoms.
Common symptoms include brain fog, fatigue, pain, immune issues, and malaise after exercise.
The Emmy-winning Cuomo Show has been canceled.
The star of the show, embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, spent half an hour yukking it up with representatives of the Mets and Yankees at a press conference in which the press was not allowed to ask any questions.
Cuomo said he would no longer answer questions about sexual harassment or nursing homes, under investigation at the state and federal level.
He was a national phenomenon and now facing calls for his resignation even as the state Assembly has begun looking into possible impeachment proceedings.
A daily dose of aspirin may help reduce the risk of serious
complications from COVID-19. That’s according to researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
The researchers examined the records of 412 adults with COVID-19 who were admitted to hospitals across the United States between March and July. Slightly more than 23 percent of the people who were studied were given a daily low dose of aspirin within 24 hours of their admission to the hospital or in the 7 days prior to their admission.
The researchers reported that people taking aspirin were 44 percent less likely to be put on a ventilator and 43 percent less likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). The researchers also reported that those who took aspirin had a 47 percent decrease in risk of dying from COVID-19 when compared with those studied who were not taking a daily dose of aspirin.
