THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to the enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.”

— Alexander Fleming

BIRTHDAYS:

1517 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), born in Bergamo, Republic of Venice. “Christe der du bist Tag und Liecht”, and Ein Hennlein weiß.

1659 Antonio Veracini, Italian violinist and Baroque composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Sonate op 3 n°6

1706 Benjamin Franklin, American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher.[1] Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.

1712 John Stanley, English blind composer and organist. Voluntary in F major, Op. 7, No. 6.

1881 Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician murdered by the Nazis during the massacre of the Lwów professors.

1899 Nevil Shute, English-Australian novelist.

MISCELLANEOUS:

COVID 19 LOCKDOWNS – REQUIRED READING.

PUBLISHED IN 2006: Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE:

Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

RELATED. Nuremberg Code

RELATED. Interim Operational Considerations for Implementing the Shielding Approach to Prevent COVID-19 Infections in Humanitarian Setting