Finance

Why Mexicans are Praying to a Death ‘Saint’

Their arms raised towards the sky, worshippers of Mexico’s “saint” of death pray before a giant cloaked skeleton asking for protection from the coronavirus and its devastating economic fallout. The Grim Reaper-like figure, whose devotees include drug cartel members as well as ordinary Mexicans, has been rejected by the Roman Catholic Church as blasphemous. But

Health

Could A ‘Herd Immunity’ Strategy Kill Thousands?

In a document known as the Great Barrington Declaration, signed earlier this month, scientists embrace a concept known as “herd immunity,” in which a population builds up enough resistance to a pathogen that it runs out of victims to infect. On a call with reporters Monday, two senior White House officials cited the declaration, authored

Sex

Sex Gets Complicated During the Pandemic

When the pandemic hit, couples found themselves worrying about getting sick, losing income, homeschooling their children while working full time (or worrying full time about sending them to school). It hardly makes a perfect recipe for sex. The stress has been too much for one Texas couple in their mid-40s with two children. The woman