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The Future of mRNA Vaccines
Photo by Spencer Davis on Unsplash Posted in the Humboldt Independent on July 13, 2021 While COVID-19 continues to mutate through the Greek alphabet (I think we’re up to the epsilon variant by now), it seems safe to say that…
The Delta Variant
Photo by Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash Published in the Humboldt Independent on July 6, 2021 The so-called delta variant of COVID-19 has been making headlines for the past few weeks, and with good reason. Potentially twice as infectious as…
The Unmasking
Image by 마스크맨 from Pixabay Published in the Humboldt Independent on June 22, 2021 As of June 15th, California has had enough. For those fortunate enough to have been fully vaccinated, masks are no longer required in public spaces. COVID-related restrictions on businesses…
The Nose Knows
Photo by Casey Murphy on Unsplash Published in the Humboldt Independent on June 15 Moving on in our tour of the senses, we sniff out the human nose, a sense organ that gets a bad rap compared to your basset hound’s…
The Long Haul
Photo by Shane on Unsplash Published in the Humboldt Independent on May 25, 2021 For all the sound and fury and shenanigans COVID-19 has dumped unceremoniously in our laps over the past year, the disease was never prone to causing…
SoHum Health and South Fork High Partner to Support Youth Sports
In March 2021, regulations were loosened to allow organized sports to return to schools, with strict COVID-19 requirements in place. Youth athletes are required to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing in order to participate. South Fork High administrators were eager to…
Go Get Stuck: The COVID-19 Vaccine Disinformation Roundup
Photo by CDC on Unsplash Published in the Humboldt Independent on May 11, 2021 With vaccination numbers on the rise and cases mostly on the decline, whispers of a return to normalcy are on the breeze once again, at least…
Laziness
Photo by Graham Holtshausen on Unsplash Finally, An Article from Authority Posted in the Humboldt Independent on April 6, 2021 Laziness is the inclination towards disinclination. It can manifest as a lack of necessary or unnecessary activity, procrastination (a personal…
Seven Years of Pandemic?
Photo by CDC on Unsplash Published in the Humboldt Independent on February 23rd, 2021 Scariest among the recent COVID-19 updates is the revelation that we might be facing another seven years of COVID-19 updates. Not necessarily in the United States,…
Episode IV: A New Hope
Photo by Steven Cornfield on Unsplash Published in the Humboldt Independent on January 26, 2021 The Biden administration seems to be taking on COVID-19 before they’ve even had time to unpack, announcing sweeping overhauls in national policy to be rolled…