“Chemtrails” by Andrea Ursini Casalena is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
This week staff reporter Aden McClune writes about chemtrails.
Chemtrails
Most everyone has seen a plane fly before, right? And most people have seen the harmless contrails of ice falling from the edge of wings, due to the humid jet exhaust when it encounters the cold atmosphere. But what if I told you that these so-called ice crystals are actually potentially dangerous chemicals, which are being flown twenty-four hours, seven days a week over your heads? You’d be skeptical, and rightfully so.
The mainstream chemtrail movement began in the mid 1990s in which a U.S Department of Defense document was released in which it describes that weather modification is possible and planes could be used.
Some alledge that these contrails/chemtrails (some call it geoengineering), are being used by primarily the U.S government, and other governments colluding with the U.S in order to make crops fail to adjust the economy, and even cause illnesses so large drug companies can cash in.
Mainstream evidence is difficult to find of the theory, but it persists. In 2016, 30-40 percent of people are estimated to believe in chemtrails. Do you?
Decrease in Texas COVID-19 cases
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The collective efforts going into putting an end to COVID and the pandemic are going to pay off, and are already starting to. In this week’s “Viral Thoughts” staff reporter Haille Hughes discusses the decrease in Texas’s COVID cases.
With the exception of one or two days, Texas has steadily kept new COVID cases under 10,000 over the past month. This is particularly due to the fact that vaccines are becoming more widely available and easy to access. As of right now, Texas has administered the first dose to 32.4% of its population, and the second dose to 18.1%.
As new vaccine locations are opened up, it’s hopeful that these percentages will rise. Especially due to the CDC rewarding three billion dollars in funding across the U.S, with a little over 58 million going towards Texas.
The collective efforts going into putting an end to COVID and the pandemic are going to pay off, and are already starting to. While some vaccines are better than others, it’s all part of the trial and error process, which is bound to happen. However, it allows us to get a grasp of what does and does not work, inevitably contributing to the greater good.
Texas’s recent decrease is an extremely good thing. With only a few months left in the school year, it definitely leaves the possibility for an amazing, and safe, summer.