The only way to cope with the current nightmarish transition as a human species is to accept viruses, to let them be and let our biology fight them and to recognize that at the end of the day, we are each merely a piece of biology. We are thrown into the world for a limited time, we may have to have the modesty to respect the fact that this world may be far greater than we are. It was there before us and it will stay long after we are gone.

At a time of crisis and particularly at a time of a crisis of such magnitude, an open scientific debate of the Athenian Agora nature that includes the exchanges with qualified skeptics and critics provide the only light at the end of the tunnel.

Dr Wolfgang Wodarg looks here into the Corona hysteria in clinical terms. He explains the virus, its history but also the awkward logic that drives our compromised leaders.

There are a few aspects peculiar to Israel and its Corona hysteria. As of this writing, no one in Israel has died because of the virus. To date, only six Israelis are in critical condition. It is possible that the Israeli health system is more advanced than all the other nations, it is also possible that Israeli doctors are more gifted than all other doctors. It may even be possible that Jews are somewhat resistant to Corona. But it is more likely that Israel has been living with Corona much longer than they are willing to admit. It is likely that, like China, they have already survived the worst of the Corona virus.

A few days ahead of the previous Israeli election, Haaretz’s lead writer Anshel Pfeffer, authored a spectacular analysis of Israel’s current political deadlock: Israelis are going to the polls to decide whether they are ‘Jews’ or ‘Israelis.’

The Jewish fear of antisemitism can be seen as projection. Those who are ‘united by hate,’ may well attribute their own type of feelings to their neighbours whether they are Palestinians, Labour voters, or even the Democratic frontrunner…