This year, we’d suggest, the city could add a veneer of authenticity to the event by inviting noted physicist Stephen Hawking instead of the drag queens who were the centerpiece of last year’s street party. Hawking, on a visit to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center this past Tuesday (April 9) said he did not think humans would survive another thousand years “without escaping beyond our fragile planet.” If there’s a man who could foretell the end of the world, our bet is on Hawking. Epoch Times reports that Hawking, 71, was visiting Cedars-Sinai to tour a stem cell laboratory focused on trying to slow the progression of Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS. Hawking was diagnosed with the disease 50 years ago, but went on to develop a stellar reputation for his research on black holes and the origins of the cosmos.
Epoch Times reports that Hawking, who receives around-the-clock care because of his ALS condition, can only communicate by twitching his cheek. He uses a computer mounted to his wheelchair communicate in a robotic monotone.
My husband first symptoms of ALS occurred during covid, but was diagnosed in 2021 when he was 61 years. He was on Riluzole- not crazy about it! he was also on Gabapentin and Radicava not crazy about any of it either, The Rilutek (riluzole) did very little to help him. The medical team did even less. His decline was rapid and devastating. His arms weakened first, then his hands and legs. I was a master Gardener and love herbs! This ALS took my life from me, I was no longer able to work in my garden anymore because I was… Read more »