by Admin | May 7, 2020 | COVID-19
There’s basically 2 extreme camps in this debate… On one side are people who think we’ve totally overreacted. On the other side are people that feel COVID is way too dangerous and we need to stay sheltered in place until a treatment is developed. For...
by Admin | Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19
Why?… Why were we all forced to wear masks, self-quarantine, and take part in an unprecedented, nationwide economic shutdown? To stop people from contracting the virus? No. The purpose of the lockdown was and has never been to stop everyone from...
by Admin | Apr 29, 2020 | COVID-19
What does it mean to say someone has died from the coronavirus?… Sounds like a fairly straightforward question, but as it turns out, the CDC guidelines on this definition have shifted over time. Some people are simply assumed to have had it. Some people...
by Admin | Apr 28, 2020 | COVID-19
How’s your relationship weathering the pandemic?… At the start of the quarantine, I recall seeing a number of social posts pontificating on the different, cutesy names for the babies conceived during COVID-19. But the deeper we get into virus...
by Admin | Apr 23, 2020 | COVID-19
I blew a fuse… Literally! The other day I needed to replace a fuse in my car, so I went to an auto parts store. But, the second I cross the threshold to the entrance, I was met with a rather stern directive: “Sir, you have to have a mask…” My response:...
by Admin | Apr 22, 2020 | COVID-19
Here’s a little public service announcement about masks… An article published on pubmed in 2019 compared the effectiveness of surgical masks vs the “creme de la creme” N95 respirator masks in preventing influenza. The study in question was...