THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

BIRTHDAYS:

1466 Erasmus, Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.

1751 Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky, Russian-Ukrainian harpsichordist and composer (Tantum Ergo), born in Glukhov, Russian Empire. Cherubim Hymn No. 7

1754 John Laurens, American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his criticism of slavery and his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers.

1764 Claude Niépce, French inventor and the older brother of the more celebrated Nicéphore Niépce.

1789 Johann Schneider, German composer and organist, born in Neu Giersdorff, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Präludium und Fuge, g moll

1914 Jonas Salk, American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines.

1955 Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.

MISCELLANEOUS:

NO GRATITUDE. NOT EVEN A COOKIE. Largest taxpayer in history.

THIS IS FOR YOU, JEFF. “Rumania, Rumania!”

SOME LIGHT READING FOR THE NEXT LOCKDOWN:

RECENTLY PUBLISHED (2006). Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

WHAT IF ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL?: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE (YES, THAT NUREMBERG): Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

RELATED. Nuremberg Code

“The Nuremberg Military Tribunal’s decision in the case of the United States v Karl Brandt et al. includes what is now called the Nuremberg Code, a ten point statement delimiting permissible medical experimentation on human subjects.”