Riding the COVID roller coaster. Have we reached the “Point of No Return”?
Our world plummeted down the rabbit hole of chaos in March 2020 when the nightmare of COVID disintegrated our daily lives. With the...
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Dr. Ed
Oct 5, 20213 min read
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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Dr. Ed
Sep 22, 20213 min read
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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Dr. Ed
Aug 10, 20213 min read
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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Dr. Ed
Jul 30, 20214 min read
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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Dr. Ed
May 19, 20213 min read
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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Dr. Ed
Apr 16, 20215 min read
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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Dr. Ed
Mar 10, 20213 min read
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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Dr. Ed
Feb 8, 20213 min read
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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Dr. Ed
Jan 25, 20212 min read
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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Dr. Ed
Jan 15, 20213 min read
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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Dr. Ed
Jan 8, 20211 min read
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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Dr. Ed
Nov 18, 20204 min read
David and Goliath, and Guess Who Is Goliath?
In the spring of 1962 David fought Goliath for a state basketball championship. At that time in history, basketball was the only sport...
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Dr. Ed
Nov 12, 20204 min read
No Mask? I'm Outta There
We all understand the concept of the tipping point—as Malcolm Gladwell wrote about so powerfully in his book by the same name. The...
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Dr. Ed
Oct 29, 20203 min read
Masked Up, Gloved Up, and Stocked Up, but We're Now Sick and Tired: Understanding COVID-19 Fatigue
For most of us our journey with the coronavirus pandemic started in March 2020 with the institution of executive orders to stay at home...
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Dr. Ed
Oct 19, 20203 min read
Drug Trials 101: What does it mean when vaccine development is put on hold?
You don't know them, but they are heroes--Americans who are rolling up their sleeves to test vaccines to prevent COVID-19 in drug trials.
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Dr. Ed
Oct 10, 20203 min read
Behind Every Number Is a Story
The numbers of dead and ill during this global pandemic continue to be mind numbing. But behind every number and every statistic is a story.
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Dr. Ed
Oct 5, 20203 min read
The West Wing, COVID-19, and the Great Debate
Our lives are not reality TV. Our lives are real life. Lessons from TV's West Wing.
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Dr. Ed
Sep 15, 20203 min read
Save the Restaurants (and other COVID Victims)
Your favorite bars and restaurants may be closed (for good). Or closing or in trouble. Sadly, these familiar places are also COVID victims.
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