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There Are Angels

By Judith Levy Street, four long avenue blocks from where I needed to go. Now money I offered. I hugged him and told him I’d never forget his
I had to walk those long blocks with my cane while hurrying kindness.
I was called to New to cross with the traffic lights. They have a blinking machine Then I implored the hospital to allow me in although I had no
York; my daughter was in indicting how many seconds you still have to get across the street identification and later at the airport when I was going home, I
the hospital in intensive care. till the oncoming traffic will run you down. pleaded with them and they allowed me to fly even though I had
I had given up travelling but In the morning I began my trek back to the hospital. No cabs no driver’s license. I showed credit cards and a checkbook but
despite that, I was catching a in sight, so I planned to walk to First Avenue in hopes of getting none would do, but some good angel must have been watching
plane to the Big Apple, nothing a bus, assuming I could climb up onto the bus. As I was hobbling over me and finally let me get home to Boca Pointe.
could keep me away. When I on the cobblestones, I spied a man in a truck. I asked him if he So, this Thanksgiving I will be grateful for the good angels
got there, I found the city was could possibly take me to New York Hospital, I would pay him. that helped me and I hope they will watch over my daughter too,
paralyzed. President Biden “No” he said, and then gave me a mouthful of reasons why he who has sadly lost her battle. Reach out and help someone, be
and the president of the Ukraine were in town to address the couldn’t possibly do this. So, I said, “Thank you, anyway,” and a good angel and I will try my best to be a good angel too.
United Nations. Cars were moving at a crawl’s pace and cabs continued slowly on my way. When I got to the corner, I could see
were hardly available at all. Still, I managed to get to New York there was no bus in sight and no taxis either. Then as I despaired, Judith Levy is the New York Times best-selling author of
Presbyterian and gave my license to identify myself and that was this truck pulled up, the one who had just turned me down. “I’ve GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS, which has sold over four
the last I saw of it. Where I put it, where I dropped it, I don’t been thinking about you and I just have to help you,” he said, million copies and the mega best-seller GRANDFATHER
know. “Get in.” REMEMBERS, published by HarperCollins. Both books are
I stayed with my daughter for several hours and then it took “You must be an angel sent from heaven,” I told him. He available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Perfect for the
me three hours to get from 68th Street and York Avenue to 54th took me right to the hospital’s front door and refused to take the holidays. 
The Mis- And Dis- Of Modern Reporting

By Harold Katz, R.Ph. almost everyone. ‘Walking health problems. (Whether this is mis- or dis- information,
back’ or completely retracting it doesn’t matter. The children suffer.)
The word ‘Misinformation’ this falsehood is impossible. 5. Polio, also a disease virtually eliminated, is recurring
is defined as information that Here are a few of the in some major cities, because parents read and were told in
is false or inaccurate and recent disinformation tidbits media headlines that receiving the vaccine was not necessary,
that is often widely spread and their “side effects” on our because the disease had been conquered. (Does anyone
amongst others. There may be nation: remember the “iron lung” period before the vaccines were
no intent to deceive. The term 1. “There is a direct connection between the spread of available?)
‘disinformation’ is a type of COVID-19 and the 5G telephone transmission system that is 6. “Taking a multiple vitamin daily ensures getting
misinformation that is created being finalized across the country.” (No comment needed.) enough essential vitamins to prevent heart disease, breast
to be deliberately deceptive, 2. Benadryl (diphenhydramine) an antihistamine can cancer, and colon cancer”. (This article then refers to a study
creating a lie for gainful purposes. The intent here is cause hallucinations if you swallow enough of it. (At least that had nothing to do with these diseases or these claims.
intentionally to deceive. This article is limited to these two one teenager has died while trying to get a “high” on it.) Disinformation.)
definitions only as they apply to medical, pharmaceutical, 3. Claims that cannabis (marijuana) will cure cancer. 7. “A study showed that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are
or health news...not politics. (Absolutely no research to back up this claim. False hope harmful to infants that are breast feeding.” From Instagram.
The spread and reach of misinformation have been for vulnerable people) (No references, no proof, no confirming sources offered.)
intensified and magnified by all social media: television, radio, 4. Measles, a childhood disease virtually wiped out, is 8. A rumor that the drug fentanyl could kill by just
internet, cell phones and the press. As a result, a falsehood making a comeback in Florida and 26 other states because touching it. (This disinformation originated in Texas and
is almost immediately viewed by an estimated 70% of the of parents who deny their children the vaccine because they
population. Add word of mouth spread, and a lie may reach heard that the vaccine can cause mental disfunction and other The Mis- And Dis- Of Modern Reporting on page 13

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