March 19, 2020 I kind of missed it in all this insanity but - it’s spring! Seems lucky that we are not buried in one of those nasty New England winters; and sick. We can actually spend time with the outdoors and watch life emerge from winter’s hibernation. And COVID-19 just turned the great outdoors... Continue Reading →
March 20, 2020 In the end, to fix this pandemic, we are going to need some new heroes. To be sure, they’ve been in our communities for ever, but we need them now even more. Some folks are willing lay down their arm on a soft cushion and allow a stranger, in a lab coat,... Continue Reading →
COVID-19: “I’ve Got The Fever!” March 18, 2020 No; really, I don’t. But you’ve got that song in your head for the rest of the day. You’re welcome. There have been a lot of question regarding fever management in this time of COVID-19 that I’d like to cover as best as I can. So I... Continue Reading →
March 16, 2020 This last week has clarified things for just about everyone. COVID-19 has forced us onto new ground. Our lives have changed, our society has changed, much of ‘normal’ has changed. And if you are over 60, or if you count on someone over 60, or you love someone over 60 - you’re... Continue Reading →
March 16, 2020 ‘The Florence Nightingale’s Pledge’ had lines like this in it: “to pass my life in purity” and “I shall abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous” I’d go on, but the nurses I know wouldn’t make it this far. Let's make it a bit more basic so we can all get behind... Continue Reading →
MARCH 15, 2020 Countries do not produce the pandemics; global warming, population increase, and the global travel industry are what is causing the increasing number of pandemics. For this very obvious reason, the previous administration set up a permanent department in the White House to coordinate global pandemics. They knew that pandemics were going to... Continue Reading →
March 14, 2020 IF YOU HAVE A NEW COUGH Or IF YOU HAVE A FEVER: 1. SELF ISOLATE IMMEDIATELY 2. CONTACT YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER 10 days ago I mentioned that our response to COVID-19 would look a like a ‘blizzard’ but the internet would still be on. … that was probably the wrong analogy. My... Continue Reading →
March 12, 2020 It’s now time. Napoleon amassed over a half million soldiers on the banks of the Neman river preparing to invaded Russia. Ahead of him was hundreds of tiny villages of profoundly poor, peasants that Napoleon needed to plunder to support his army. But with poverty comes the litany of miseries. The locus... Continue Reading →
March 11, 2020 Our federal government is getting its collective butts handed to them by authoritarian governments, European liberal democracies, and Asian democracies. China, Italy, South Korea and Singapore all test more people in one day than the USA has done, ever. “.” The USA has known COVID-19 was on its way for 3... Continue Reading →
March 08, 2020 IF YOU HAVE A FEVER - YOU HAVE COVID-19 UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE. Again, I’m not an all caps guy, but this is as basic as it gets. This weekend I listened to several dozen press conferences, interviews, and presentations from China to South Korea to Italy to State Health Departments and expert... Continue Reading →
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