Judging by these paintings, I would say that the kids are not alright.

Dr. Tina Tan, President of the IDSA, testifies about the importance of One Health for biodefense. But we can’t handle measles which is not a good sign for our capabilities.

Another great vaccination success: the eradication of rinderpest. Second disease to be eradicated after smallpox. Vaccines work!

Amazing accomplishment of the reduction of rabies transmission from dogs to humans. Vaccines work!

Will veterinarians save civilization?

Many thanks to Dr. Christina Pettan-Brewer for hosting me at the University of Washington to give a book talk about One Health and COVID-19. The university is a stunning campus with a terrific museum profiling the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest.

In the Seattle harbor, not a single container ship in sight.

The Raptor Rehabilitation Center in Sitka, Alaska is worth visiting. The birds are most commonly injured from power lines, car collisions, and gunshots. Highly pathogenic avian influenza and other diseases are additional threats.

We need to resurrect Superman and Captain America to fight fascism in America.

Environmental contamination doesn’t usually include explosive devices, but in the case of Laos, it should. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of bombs on the country. Decades later, unexploded bombs maim and kill Laotians. The long term consequences of war are severe.

Posted with the permission of Xua Xor, Hmong shaman living in Tin Keo village, Laos. Three different ethnic groups share the village. He provides health care to his people when the doctors can’t help them. I would post the video of him playing but this app doesn’t allow videos longer than a minute.

The villagers in Tin Keo village catch the rats and other pests that eat their rice crops. Then they cook and eat them.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting the primary school in Tin Keo village located about an hour’s drive from Luang Prabang, Laos. The school is supported by the Grand Circle Foundation.

On the banks of the Bangkok Noi Canal in Thailand is the Ruan Khun Yai house which is a community run project of biodiversity, sustainability, conservation, and ecological tourism.

Many thanks to Emily Kopp with US Right to Know for her insightful questions at my book launch today at the Writers Center!