Healthcare- 30 Years Emergency Medicine Experience Shared
“No Sir- People vaccinated for Covid-19 do NOT carry 251 times more virus in their nose.”
As I’m in the process of admitting a 70 yo gentleman to the ICU with complications of Coronavirus I remind him that getting vaccinated is still a good idea when he gets better. (Knowing … Read More...
This reflection was written One Year Ago- March 2020 by Meg Nyberg- an American School teacher in Quito, Ecuador- and published in the Iowa View Contributor.… Read More...
Thanks to the Faith Department of Marquette University for sharing this Prayer for our Pandemic Times:
May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake.
May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable.
May we who have the luxury … Read More...
Excerpts from “The Soul of America”- by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham:
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.
Though passion may have strained it must not break our
bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching
from every battlefield and patriot grave to every … Read More...
A Review of the Most Recent Coronavirus Prevention Data –and the Importance of Wearing A Mask:
After months of admitting patients to my hospital with Coronavirus (Covid-19) I felt obligated to just make this statement: It is not to late to Please Wear a Mask, Socially Distance and Wash … Read More...
“Success is part planning, part preparing for the unplanned, part good fortune… Together, we will get through this. Together, we will again look back and marvel at what we have done.” – Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin– one of the first 2 Humans to walk on the moon during the Apollo … Read More...
At the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic in April, when my own neighborhood streets were eerily quiet, I had the most gracious gentleman share with me his poem highlighting the effects of this pandemic. It truly speaks to this one time life event where everything became silent:
“I’ll just say that if/when I get COVID, and if I require hospitalization, I’d want to be taken care of by you and I’d hope my COVID status wouldn’t make you fear that.”
I’m just going to bare my soul and tell you how I feel:
As a 53 year … Read More...