Growing up on the North Side of St. Louis, I had a friend named Phil whose Dad was a banker and a Republican. Since I lived in a working-class neighborhood, I thought everyone belonged to a union, was a mailman, cop or fireman and, above all, Irish, Catholic and a Democrat. Poor Phil, I thought, must be tough to be a minority. Phil was a Lutheran, too!
Read MoreNormally, I don’t just pass along information I come across about a subject as serious and alarming as COVID-19. I’m a journalist who deals in facts and treats mere claims with considerable skepticism. Years of dealing with “miracle cures” of all sorts as an editor at newspapers taught me to tread carefully when dealing with subjects such as vaccines, more properly the domain of scientists and epidemiologists.
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