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...
Replace Hope with Perseverance- A Tool to Combat Both a Pandemic and Racism!
This reflection introduces the idea of replacing the language of “Hope” for improvement with the value of “Perseverance” in the current setting of 2 very chronic and trying conditions- a protracted Pandemic as well as ongoing Systemic … 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...
(An Emergency Physician’s Father’s Day Reflection- Showing the Fragility and Importance of Life During This Pandemic and the Need for Healthcare Workers to Take Care of Themselves.)
“Health care teaches us the value of life. How fragile life can be.” – Dr. Winston Tripp
It was one of … 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: