Ebola is named after the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The word, “Czar” is an abbreviation of Caesar, taken by Eastern European rulers, including Ivan the Terrible. Richard Nixon used the term for a government official in charge of all things pertaining to one government function, a position he likened to Albert Speer’s in Nazi Germany. From these despicable origins, we now have a Czar in charge of Ebola. We will talk about Ebola plus toothbrushes and pneumonia vaccines on this show.
Tip: The CDC is now recommending a two-stage pneumonia vaccine to be taken at age 65. The first stage uses the Prevnar 13 vaccine, and the Pneumovax 23 (the old “pneumonia vaccine”), is taken six months to one year later.
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