Biden’s Instincts Are Right: Leaving Afghanistan Is the Right Call
The political aims of the war as a nation-building operation were unwinnable and the best choice in American interests is to bring the troops home.
Tuesday’s announcement by President Biden that “it is time to end America’s longest war” and withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11 of this year has disappointed some in the national security establishment. Eliot A. Cohen, dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, wrote that withdrawal “will come at the cost of strategic reputation.”
Washington Post columnist Max Boot drew parallels between Biden’s decision and the 1973 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam, saying in a tweet that America is now abandoning its Afghan allies “just as we abandoned our Vietnamese allies.”
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Experts contacted by Reuters agreed that applying egg white to burns can cause serious infection and is not recommended as a treatment, contrary to advice in old posts resurfacing online.
Shared over 400,000 times, the posts (here , here) describe two anecdotes of how egg whites were purportedly used to heal burns successfully, recommending people add egg whites to burns to form a protective layer, acting as a “collagen” or glue, that is full of vitamins. Some posts are originally from as far back as 2013, but they are being shared in April 2021, for example here , here and here with captions including, “Good to know!” and “Worth repeating.”
Renowned Science and Health Experts Share Insights and Confidence in Moving Beyond Pandemic
About 10,000 people registered for April 15 virtual forum organized by the World Travel & Tourism Council and Carnival Corporation, with supporting sponsors Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and the U.S. Travel Association
A recording of the event will be available April 22 at covidsciencesummit.com
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2021 Global Science Summit on COVID-19 on April 15 to hear directly from eight renowned public health experts and scientists, sharing their knowledge on the most up-to-date science amassed from the past year of studying COVID-19. They also discussed how best to address ongoing questions about the virus and best practices for how society can safely resume travel and day-to-day activities moving forward.
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