covid-19 Archives - Furney Times

October 18, 2020 Commentary

Are We On Track for Coronavirus Success?

By William J. Furney Donald Trump, approaching his 80s, gets coronavirus and is out in public and attending an election rally days later. The queen of Britain, getting on to

September 27, 2020 Commentary

At Virtual UN General Assembly, a Call for Coronavirus Reason

By William J. Furney World leaders were not jetting to New York this week for the annual spectacle that is the United Nations General Assembly, but instead, thanks to coronavirus,

August 23, 2020 Commentary

WHO’s Ridiculed Chief Says Coronavirus Will Be Around for Two Years but Few Are (Rightly) Listening

By William J. Furney The man who destroyed the World Health Organisation, as though it was struck down by a lethal virus, doesn’t know when to stop. Tedros is at

August 16, 2020 Commentary

Hysteria and Panic in Europe Over a Coronavirus That’s Bubbling Up But Killing Almost No One

By William J. Furney Cases of coronavirus are breaking out all over Europe, but hospital emergency rooms are not overflowing and hardly anyone is now dying from the pathogen that

August 2, 2020 Commentary

The Corona Conundrum

By William J. Furney For all the advances in science and technology, we are beaten by a simple bug. Over half a year since suspected bat-vectored novel coronavirus made its

July 19, 2020 Commentary

Coronavirus Changes Affecting Our Lives (for the Better)

By William J. Furney Amid the ongoing devastation wrought by the novel coronavirus, an unseen enemy that has stolen over 602,000 lives around the world this year, there is hope,

July 12, 2020 Commentary

Coronavirus and the End of the Age of Arrogance

By William J. Furney In a flash, people who thought they were on top of the world found themselves at the bottom of it. High-flying executives jetting off to far-flung

June 21, 2020 Commentary

The Meaty Coronavirus Problem Few Want to Acknowledge

By William J. Furney Are people willing to put up with mass death and destruction, on a global scale, because they can’t do without their addiction to meat — and

June 13, 2020 Commentary

No Surprise as Coronavirus Appears in China’s Reopened Food Markets

By William J. Furney China’s traditional food markets are back open, and coronavirus cases are emerging from them again. Has the country learned nothing from the global pandemic that’s believed

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