”It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”

— Alfred Adler

BIRTHDAYS:

1265 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet and author (Dante’s Inferno, Divina Commedia), born in Florence, Republic of Florence.

1810 Louis Gallait, Belgian historical painter.

1829 Ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist and composer, born in Sinalunga, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Sonetto di Dante.

MISCELLANEOUS:

WILL THERE BE A HALF-TIME SHOW? A stadium-sized asteroid will fly past Earth on May 9, and you can watch it live (video)

THE COVID 19 INJECTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2020. THE TRAGEDY THAT ENSUED WAS ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE. TO ANYONE CONSIDERING DOING THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE – HERE IS YOUR HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

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

Great Barrington declaration (2020)