William J. Furney, Author at Furney Times

May 24, 2020 Reportage

On the Crest of Coronavirus Waves

By William J. Furney Britain’s beaches may be packed with people, in a country with the world’s second-highest coronavirus death toll, while Spain’s will only tomorrow start opening up and

May 16, 2020 Commentary

Living Over the Edge, in Tumultuous Times

By William J. Furney On Wednesday afternoon this week as I was shopping in a supermarket in Gran Canaria, my basket filling up with quinoa, avocado oil and avocados, spelt

May 9, 2020 Reportage / Travel

A Rude Sahara Sandstorm Diversion That Went Viral

By William J. Furney I am wondering if it’s possible that I’m sitting across the narrow aisle from the most annoying person in the world. In a blaring brash voice,

May 2, 2020 Interview

‘Lockdown Is Working, But There’s a Huge Cost’: Immunology Expert

By William J. Furney The latest in a family of coronaviruses to afflict humankind has plunged the world into deep crisis and lingering uncertainty of a kind not seen in

April 25, 2020 Commentary

Europe’s Unhealthy Lockdowns

By William J. Furney Donald Trump may be suggesting people inject themselves with disinfectant, and also somehow shine a UV light inside their bodies, to kill the coronavirus, but here

April 18, 2020 Commentary

Awaiting the Next Pandemic

By Wiliam J. Furney Just when you thought the United Nation’s health organisation that’s supposed to help protect the health of the world couldn’t get any worse in their obsequience

April 11, 2020 Commentary / Interview

Time to Calm Down

By William J. Furney Suddenly, “super-busy” people (or people who like to tell us they are) everywhere have little or nothing to do, and they can’t cope, with the lack

April 4, 2020 Commentary

World War 3, Against an Unseen Enemy

By William J. Furney The United Nations, which was set up after World War 2, to bring about peace in the world, says we are in World War 3. As

March 28, 2020 Commentary

The Inconvenient Coronavirus Truth

By William J. Furney No one wants to hear it, but all the global health crises in recent years have been due to zoonotic diseases — pathogens that have jumped

March 21, 2020 Commentary

Alone in an Existential Coronavirus World

By William J. Furney Britain asked its people this week to stop going out to eat and drink, as the coronavirus death toll in the Brexit nation of four countries