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Lesson from the Tree Guys: Don't Get Killed
A brisk horizontal wind swept through our community in September. Not quite a tornado, but the winds toppled large trees, pulled down...
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Oct 5, 20213 min read
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Real People, Not Just a Number
Would You Do This If You Thought You'd Get Cancer? Let us imagine a football stadium. We don’t have to imagine because on any given...
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Sep 22, 20213 min read
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Not the Spam You Think
Some Divisions Never Heal (and Why We Need to Put Our Differences Aside Now) Austin, Minnesota, was, in the 1980s, a rural community...
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Sep 7, 20212 min read
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How to Find Meaning and Purpose during a Pandemic in a Most Unexpected Way
Stevie has the personality, the looks, the anatomy, the architecture to be, without question, a winning performer. She has the right...
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Aug 26, 20213 min read
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It's Not 'Game Over' with This Deadly Pandemic
We're playing the same risky game with a deadly pandemic. We know what works. We know how to institute a game-winning strategy, but in...
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Aug 10, 20213 min read
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Troubled Times Call for a Declaration of Independence
Troubling times. With COVID we have taken many steps forward toward eradicating this plague, yet now we are taking steps backward as...
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Jul 30, 20214 min read
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The Plague That Won't Go Away
We have become too complacent about the risks from COVID. The results can be disastrous. Let's look at some prudent guidelines.
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Jul 19, 20214 min read
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Picnic Table Wisdom
What can you do now to avoid the bitterness that can divide a family for generations? As we slowly emerge from the fog of COVID-19, the...
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Jul 8, 20214 min read
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To Mask or Not to Mask? That Is the Question
Mayo Clinic doctor uncovers the truth about wearing a mask Let me start with the bottom line: Those of us who have been wearing masks...
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May 19, 20213 min read
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The Main Thing Is the Main Thing
Where should you put your attention in a post-COVID world? As we slowly stumble out of the pandemic fog and try to find our way in a...
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Apr 16, 20215 min read
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Pandemic 2.0: Two shots, ready to go, right?
Wrong. As more states in the US open vaccination to anyone and everyone, we need to be mindful of the new rules. Just browse the Facebook...
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Mar 31, 20215 min read
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Life after COVID (Spoiler alert: not much different) but Medical Care Is Changed Forever
Our nightmare of death and misery is over a year old now. We live with spikes and plateaus, shots and deniers, masks and distancing,...
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Mar 23, 20213 min read
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Here’s Your COVID Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card
In one year our world has gone from normal as we knew it to fully locked down Armageddon doing battle with a deadly bat virus. COVID will...
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Mar 10, 20213 min read
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COVID-19 and 'All Creatures Great and Small'
For most circumstances in life, if we can anticipate an element of closure, of closing the chapter, connecting the dots and moving on, we...
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Mar 3, 20213 min read
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When It Comes to Predicting Death, Doctors Have a New, Reliable Tool
In the world of oncology (cancer), hospice, palliative medicine, and the intensive care unit, there is a responsibility for us medical...
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Feb 15, 20213 min read
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The Road to Normalcy Took a Gravel Road
For most of us, the nightmare of this pandemic started a year ago with the onset of shelter in-place and stay-at-home executive mandates....
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Feb 8, 20213 min read
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COVID-19, Confusion, and Complications
The lines were long. People with children were standing in line for a shot in the arm, eagerly waiting to be immunized against a killer...
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Feb 1, 20213 min read
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The COVID Vaccine: The Promise, the Perils, the Hope, the Forgotten
A year ago. We had yet to ponder the implications of a deadly virus attacking the world. We had no clue what lay ahead for us. A year...
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Jan 25, 20212 min read
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So Why Can't We All Get the COVID-19 Vaccine Right Now?
Depending upon when we start the COVID countdown clock, most of us are heading into the tenth month of this pandemic. Back in March,...
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Jan 15, 20213 min read
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ED Talk: Mutants among Us
With widespread vaccine protection on the horizon, Dr. Ed warns about mutant strains among us and just how infectious such variants can...
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Jan 8, 20211 min read
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