I Almost Died from the Flu. Please Don’t Expose Me to COVID-19.
A lot of people are claiming that COVID-19 is “no worse than the flu.” Do you have any idea how bad that is?
Category: Health
No, We Are Not Running Out of Food and Toilet Paper
There’s no indication that we will be running out of these products any time soon. So why are so many shelves empty?
In Which Em Goes Into Hiding
In general, things are not so bad. Yet. In the back of my mind there is a niggling feeling of impending large-scale disaster that will lead to unmanageable anxiety if I allow it to.
Wednesday Writs: Quarantine Edition
Reeled with economic struggles after each outbreak, with businesses closing, unemployment up, services reduced and overwhelmed. In an effort to contain the disease, quarantines were declared in various localities…
Non-Doomsday Prepping 2 – Shopping for Stocking Up
Some years back, I started writing a cookbook because so many younger clients on my fertility website had no idea how to shop, store, and cook affordable food. A lot of families around the...
In Case You Missed It, It Isn’t 2009: Pandemics Then and Now
The biggest difference between the current coronavirus and comparisons to H1N1 in 2009 isn’t who is president, or the media. It’s us.
The Director of the CDC Might Have Lied To Us
The likely reason the United States will not get drive-through testing is because we lack the testing capability, not because we want to preserve the provider-patient relationship.
My Corona: Authorities, Bureaucracies, and the Illusions of Safety
I understand that COVID19 is scary. I’m not thrilled about it either. But I don’t trust these guys and gals saying “I’m from the government, I’m here to help you”.
Thoughts on Walmart Going into Health Care
Walmart is opening clinics. This is not a perfect thing. This is a good thing.
A Proud Failure: A Story Of Melancholy, Midlife Crisis, and Patent Applications
You might wonder how someone could take the time to file a patent application then forget about it for 15 years? I’m kind of wondering about that myself
Do You Really Want Full Access to Your Health Data?
The right to access your health information in a programmatic fashion also gives you the right to unwittingly give a random app developer access to your health information. Is this a right we actually want?
Tobacco Age Limit Raised Under Smokescreen of $1.4T Spending Bill
The FDA has announced the raised age limit to purchase tobacco products, signed into law by the President along with the latest spending package, is now in effect.
Holiday Reminder: 3 Ways America Could Care for It’s Veterans Better
The problem with funding veterans programs isn’t that there’s no money to be had. It’s that it’s fragmented and spread across redundant organizations trying to bring a local focus to a nationwide problem.
The One Thing I Tell My Patients Worried About Getting Alzheimer’s Disease
The frustration of numerous failed trials and no known cure leaves a void that is understandably filled with a concoction of virtuous hope and villainous snake oil salesmen.
Oxycodone and Me
In which our hero is nearly mistaken for a drug addict but ultimately gets the help he needs.
DEA Outed for Letting Opioid Production Surge While Crisis Continued
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) should protect consumers from harmful substances regardless of their legality. However, when it came to addressing the opioid crisis, it failed in its duty.
New Study Shows How Sleep Deprivation Decreases Voter Turnout
Sleep deprivation isn’t a psychological operation or a campaign to erode our democracy. At least, not directly.
The Perspective of Luck, or Lack Thereof
Sports and politics have that in common. People absolutely lose their minds over it, and their basic life skills and humanity tend to go with it.
U.S. Hasn’t Signed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control — But Are We Surprised?
Why the world needs a far more uncompromising and holistic approach for stamping out these poisonous products for good.
