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When I took my first skydiving jump which I detail in my book, I was in college. Yes, I may have at least thought myself immortal before I was standing on the strut of Cessna 150 high-wing airplane over 3,000 feet above the Earth. The moment I positioned myself to leave the plane with the guidance of my jump instructor the fear of death leaped into my heart and brain along with the wind and propeller wash even though it had been cut to idle before my jump. Looking down the earth looked like a colorful afghan quilt over a…

In my book I mention the approximate number of people killed each year world-wide by various other animals, such as dogs, snakes, elephants and several others. While viruses are not in this category, up until this Corona virus, mosquito carried infection (both bacterial and viral) kills about one million people per year. Yes, people kill other people and sadly that amounts to about 600,000 deaths. In both these cases likely victims have little to no way to avoid such deaths. Only in this pandemic have we found a way to slow down its transmission and death toll with the sole…