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Do I have to draw you a picture?
The virus variants affect us all, and our lives hang in the balance Growing up in the murky world of thoroughbred racing on the East...
Dr. Ed
Dec 19, 20213 min read
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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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Dec 4, 20214 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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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.
Dr. Ed
Jul 19, 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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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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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....
Dr. Ed
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...
Dr. Ed
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,...
Dr. Ed
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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When the Stars Align, We Can Find Peace in the Most Unusual Ways
As two planets aligned recently, we here on planet Earth are still feeling completely out of alignment in our lives. The COVID vaccine...
Dr. Ed
Dec 22, 20203 min read
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ED TALK: Should you get the COVID-19 vaccination? Mayo Clinic doctor helps you decide
During the next weeks and months, you will be asked to make an important decision. Dr. Ed, in this ED Talk, helps you decide. Take a few...
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Dec 10, 20201 min read
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Nov 28, 20200 min read
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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...
Dr. Ed
Nov 18, 20204 min read
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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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Nov 12, 20204 min read
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