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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Dr. Ed
- Dec 3, 2020
- 5 min
The Doctor in the Mouse: Why telemedicine is the one stunningly hopeful change COVID has created
As COVID infections spread in mid-2020, and as isolating was recognized as the path to prevention, patients were reluctant to show up for...
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Dr. Ed
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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 23, 2020
- 3 min
The Man in the Big Delivery Truck
When that big truck pulls into your driveway, wave, say hello from a distance, thank the men and women in the big trucks--our lifelines.
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Dr. Ed
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
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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Dr. Ed
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
As We Await Our Medical Knight in Shining Armor to Release Us from Our Viral Bondage
We are dealing with people whose lives and health and livelihood have been shredded by this viral nightmare in ways we could never imagine.
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Dr. Ed
- Aug 27, 2020
- 3 min
COVID and My Cat
Chloe in her final dance brought community to our door during a time of profound grief and loss in more ways than one.
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Dr. Ed
- Aug 12, 2020
- 4 min
What do Michael Jordan and COVID-19 have in common?
Be alert, engaged, and anticipate the future, because, like Michael Jordan, maybe we can create the future.
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Dr. Ed
- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
The Taste of Summer—Ice Cream Cones and COVID
As the COVID-19 pandemic ensnares and unravels almost every aspect of our life, find some way to be kind to someone else.
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Dr. Ed
- Jul 19, 2020
- 4 min
A Russian Psychologist 100 Years Ago Tells Us Why We Are Having Trouble Coping Now
What a Russian psychologist discovered 100 years ago about why we are having trouble coping today.
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Dr. Ed
- Jul 10, 2020
- 3 min
Shift the Odds, Win the Game
Battling a virus is not a game. Do you want to play the numbers and bet your life on that?
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Dr. Ed
- Jun 22, 2020
- 3 min
The COVID-19 Long Haulers—What Can We Learn?
The naysayers and disbelievers don’t understand the short- and long-term fate of individuals who become ill with COVID and survive.
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Dr. Ed
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Take Me Out with the Crowd (wait, no)
We desperately want to turn back the clock to the way things were at the old ballgame.
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