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What drives disease? With roots dating back to the mid-19th century, the germs vs. terrain debate often fuels discord. Sure, many have heard the discussion, which centers on whether specific microorganisms or “germs” are the primary cause of disease, and on the terrain theory, which holds that disease arises primarily from an imbalance or poor…Continue reading The Germ Is The Alibi
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Somewhere in Moscow, a pigeon is doing what pigeons do—flapping, gliding, showing off that smug “I own this city” energy—except this one is wearing a tiny backpack, carrying a camera, and taking directions from a neural implant. That’s the claim, anyway. A Russian neurotech firm called Neiry has been making headlines for a project called…Continue reading Sky Spies With Feathers
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On February 18, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) treating elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides like supply-chain vulnerabilities. Why? Because, in the administration’s framing, they are. Following the EO, sheer panic ensued over an order that people apparently briefly skimmed, and over one word they hate. The order, which leans on the Defense…Continue reading The Executive Order Everyone Misread
By Jefferey Jaxen The idea of a country-wide shutdown order from the Trump administration appears to be a nonstarter. As reported last week, states have moved individually to enact various levels of ‘stay at home’ orders. At the time of this writing [Saturday, 3/28/20, 5pm EST], 24 states, or over half of the U.S. population,…Continue reading COVID 1984: Is Big Brother Here To Stay?
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*UPDATE 3/23: Senate expected to vote on third coronavirus response bill *UPDATE 3/23: Michigan orders stay-at-home order to residents *UPDATE 3/22: Delaware and Louisiana have both ordered statewide stay-at-home orders By Jefferey Jaxen Sunday, March 22, 2020’s editorial will forgo normal reporting and instead be a situation report. The coronavirus outbreak has dominated another week of…Continue reading Coronavirus Situation Report: America Braces For A New Week Of Uncharted Waters
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Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom, in a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, said experts were projecting that roughly 56 per cent of Californians, or about 25.5 million people, were expected to contract the coronavirus over the next eight weeks. Newsom’s claim comes in contrast to worldwide coronavirus cases at just over 256K. Shorty after,…Continue reading CA Gov. Newsom Issues State-Wide Stay-At-Home-Order
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By Jefferey Jaxen Another week, another increase in reported cases of coronavirus in the United States. The inadequacy of early measures and responses by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—combined with their continued, testing rollout failure—can be seen as a major contributor to coronavirus case expansion, beyond whatever virulence the coronavirus inherently…Continue reading All Eyes on U.S. Government Response to Coronavirus
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Recently, the media outlet Collective Evolution sat down for an exclusive interview with The HighWire host Del Bigtree to talk about the Informed Consent Action Network’s latest and biggest legal action to date against the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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By Jefferey Jaxen *UPDATE 3/10: Federal and state public health authorities have tested only 6,563 people for the coronavirus as of Tuesday morning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and numbers provided by all 50 states It’s been a challenging week for U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) head Alex Azar. After…Continue reading Alex Azar’s Health Disaster
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