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Category: COVID-19

September 12, 2021 Coronavirus / COVID-19 / Healthcare Blog

Covid-19 Nasal Viral Load Myth- Another Unnecessary Death!

“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...

March 14, 2021 Coronavirus / COVID-19 / Meeting Reflections

Hope for Things Remembered- As the Pandemic Ends!

“The coronavirus has transformed all of our lives. When it’s over, here’s what I hope we remember.“- Meg Nyberg, Iowa View contributor

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...

March 2, 2021 COVID-19 / Meeting Reflections

Replace “Hope” with “Perseverance”- A Tool to Combat Both a Pandemic and Racism!

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...

October 18, 2020 Coronavirus / COVID-19 / Meeting Reflections

This Election America Will Survive!- “The Soul of America”

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...

September 25, 2020 Coronavirus / COVID-19 / Healthcare Blog

Wear a Mask! Its Not That Hard- You Can Still Save a Life!

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...

August 11, 2020 Coronavirus / COVID-19 / Meeting Reflections

Quarantine Lessons- Learned From An Astronaut!

“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...

June 21, 2020 COVID-19 / Meeting Reflections

“My Worst Shift” -A Father’s Day Reflection on the Fragility of Life During This Pandemic!

(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...

June 5, 2020 Coronavirus / COVID-19 / Meeting Reflections

Poem- The Hour of Silence Reflection: COVID-19

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:

The Hour of

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