I thought these words written 1,900 years ago seemed quite apropos for air travel\u00a0in and out of the CNMI and relevant to COVID variant vaccinations and boosters:<\/p>\n
\u201cWill either passengers, or patients, find fault and complain, either the one if they\u00a0be well carried, or the others if well cured? Do they take care for any more than this;\u00a0 the one, that their shipmaster may bring them safe to land, and the others that their physician may effect their recovery ?\u201d<\/em> I thought these words written 1,900 years ago seemed quite apropos for air travel\u00a0in and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":355846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2014 Marcus Aurelius, Stoic philosopher and\u00a0Roman emperor from 161 to 180 A.D. (born April 26, 121AD., died March 17, 180 A.D.)<\/strong>
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\nVariants: Out with Old & in with New<\/strong>
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\nVariants: Out with the old and in with the new
\nSARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus called COVID 19
\nhow many mutations before this year is through
\nsome easily transmitted some deadly and mean
\n\u00a0
\nthe numbers with positive test results rise
\ndespite more vaccinations and booster shots
\nas the latest in COVID variants defies
\npandemic death still casts multiple lots
\n\u00a0
\nepidemiologists fight daily battles
\ngovernments, countries change protocol for travels\u00a0
\nas families worldwide fear hearing death\u2019s rattles
\nwhich variant statistics and data unravels\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\nto fly or not to fly that is the question
\nwhether tis nobler to follow Dr. Fauci
\nor false science quack remedy suggestion
\nand be anti vax anti mask and grouchy
\n\u00a0
\nto spread or not to spread COVID is a fairly simple task
\nsocial distance: learn the correct way to wear a mask
\nif new variants mean booster shot strength wanes
\nget in line for another booster jab in your veins
\n\u00a0
\nDon\u2019t let anti vax and anti mask negatives chafe.
\nFor the world, yourself, your loved ones Stay Safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"