The question of religion was a matter for each individual's conscience, and in a great many cases was the outcome of birth or residence in a certain geographical area.

I think the better bet is that we went into a geographical area that has a variant of these germs, that we're not familiar with, that we don't have any inherited immunity to,

If a witness has a problem with truthfulness, the question is where is the corroboration. In drug cases, you often have terrible (prosecution) witnesses, but if there is corroboration in the form of tapes or photographs, these are things that can really sway a jury.

Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or daily measures as one among various subjects in the school syllabus. It is the truth of our complete being, the consciousness of our personal relationship with the infinite.

It doesn't matter what the real outcome is for a long time. In the meantime we're going to see some volatility just on the headlines.

Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.