This pandemic has brought out an aggressively paranoid hypochondriac in me. Several weeks ago, I woke up horribly nauseous. The room began spinning. I was mentally dizzy. My vision was spinning. I was as weak as a newborn faun. Getting out of bed and walking to the bathroom, a journey of several steps, might as well have been a
Over 36 million Americans are unemployed right now. Since unemployment offices are severely stressed, that number may be as high as 60 million. There is never a good time to be out of work. However, since we are in the middle of the horrific COVID-19 pandemic, this is absolutely the worst time to be out of work. Still, no matter
Almost every state is partially or fully reopening in the wake of the initial COVID-19 outbreak. In the initial response to the pandemic, and especially to prioritize medical services for COVID-19 patients, many states suspended elective surgeries. Now, these restrictions are easing. The states of New Mexico and Pennsylvania will resume dental procedures this week. Certain operating restrictions will still
I know many people are desperate for the familiarity of societal life in 2019 to return. Who doesn’t want to go to a concert, sports event, café, or the beach? Don’t you miss shaking hand or hugging? Do you really think that in a month or two we’ll all just live life the way we did in 2019? (2019
I think I can speak for you when I say I’m terrified. Still, I don't see how pretending Hydroxychloroquine, an old anti-malarial drug, is the magic answer against COVID-19. This is a virus that appeared months ago. It’s horrifying to be a grown adult, feel anxiety, and feel zero control over our life. OK. I won’t speak for you when
COVID-19, the dangerous new viral strain of the coronavirus. It’s a pandemic contagion rapidly and exponentially spreading across the world. I must steel myself in preparation for the dire facts transmitted to me about the virus before I turn on the news. Many things about COVID-19 worry me, like how it’s rapidly, perhaps even irrevocably, changing our world. What worries
