coronavirus

14 new coronavirus cases in Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County, News
RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 18, 2022
Fourteen new COVID-19 cases were reported by the Cattaraugus County Health Department on Thursday. That pushed the total number of county residents wh...
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The lockdowns didn’t work
Local Columnists, Opinion
Feb 11, 2022
A study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that extended shutdowns had almost no effect on public health, while coming at tremendous c...
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2 new deaths, 148 COVID cases in Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County, News
RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
Jan 28, 2022
OLEAN — Cattaraugus County reported two more COVID-19-related deaths on Thursday and 148 new cases. The deaths of two men, ages 55 and 78, pushed the ...
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Joe Biden not stepping up
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
Jan 21, 2022
The Hydra is an ancient Greek mythical beast, mentioned in the tales of Hercules, that was said to have the body of a dragon with many heads, two arms...
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There never was a Republican death cult
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Dec 27, 2021
Washington, D.C., is now the epicenter of the pandemic. As of Dec. 23, it had 158 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents, a 541% growth in cases over th...
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More oversight of labs
Local Columnists, Nation World
FAYE FLAM - Tribune News Service 
Jun 07, 2021
Even if we never learn whether COVID-19 escaped from a lab or jumped to humans from animals, the public is entitled to a closer look at what’s going o...
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Biden strikes a blow for open-mindedness
Local Columnists, Nation World
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Jun 02, 2021
Last week, President Joe Biden set an example that all of us — Democrat and Republican alike — should embrace. It wasn’t so much what he did — orderin...
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Biden right to probe ‘lab-leak’ theory
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 29, 2021
We don’t yet know where the virus that causes COVID-19, the disease that’s killed nearly 600,000 Americans and 3.5 million globally, came from. SARS-C...
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Beware of the bogus scientific consensus
Local Columnists, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
May 26, 2021
There was a “scientific consensus,” they told us. According to the media and assorted experts, there couldn’t be any questioning of the idea that the ...
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Not quite maskless for many
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 15, 2021
Thursday afternoon, during the 2 o’clock hour, the coronavirus pandemic ended for about a third of America. Henceforth, says Dr. Rochelle Walensky of ...
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The role of a mother
Local Columnists
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
May 08, 2021
Sunday is Mother’s Day. How do I know? When I was talking on the phone with my cousin the other day, he said, “If I don’t see you before Sunday, happy...
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