(ThyBlackMan.com) “A zoonotic virus is a virus that lives naturally in an animal and can infect human cells, perhaps mutating slightly in the course of passage, which enables the virus to start a chain of infection through human hosts.”— Richard Preston “Gain-of-function research refers to the serial passaging of microorganisms ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Green Bay Packers superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers made major waves last week for missing his team’s big game at Kansas City after testing positive for COVID-19. Rodgers is unvaccinated despite saying in August that he had already been “immunized.” Shortly after Rodgers news broke that he would miss the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There once was a place called Rwanda, in fact it still exists – it is a real country. In 1994, it was the location of where more than 800,000 people were butchered by Hutu extremists. It was a lesson for the world that showed what happens when race or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s a moral imperative that all Black children learn to read, not just be functionally literate, but learn to become active, critical readers capable of comprehension of how new ideas and facts change your understanding of what you know or what you thought you knew. I’ve been reflecting on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Biden delivered a message and a warning to our country in a speech that I, along with many others, wholeheartedly agree with: “Any country that out educates us will out-compete us.” He is entirely correct. However, while his words are vital and motivating, they must be accompanied by actions. Biden delivered this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While there are indeed individuals and entire groups out there who deny either the COVID-19 virus itself outright or its deadly impact, NYC Transit workers have no such luxury. Over 160 MTA employees/mostly transit workers have died, many friends and colleagues. While such deniers belong to another conversation, their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The New York Times, New York Post, and New York Daily News fall under the classification of establishment news. They do contain informative, political and international news, however, their local stories are often sensational, and they advocate only for the comfort of the upper and middle class white community, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Where we come from, and who, has a profound impact on what we want. Sometimes the past has the power to control how we move through life, and the price we are willing to pay for said movement. Often times the want is solidified by prayer and a hope ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It has been a long time coming but last night we did it; the Atlanta Braves once again will reign as the World Champions of Baseball. It could not have happened to a more deserving team. I am glad not only because the Braves are my favorite team or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The acronym, NAACP, is among the more historic and respected ones in this country’s history. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or NAACP, was formed in 1909 and has been the premier and most well-known civil rights organization in the United States. It has been in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, current Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III made headlines for all the wrong reasons. He was involved in a DUI aka Driving Under Influence that took the life of another person in Las Vegas aka “America’s Playground”. What’s ironic about Henry Ruggs III is that he played football at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Opposition and disparities in politics are commonplace. In a country as diverse and divergent as the United States, everyone holds different beliefs, views, and opinions on any subject matter in existence, and the same applies in the political scene. However, the last thing any incumbent president would ever expect ...