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
- Jul 19, 2021
- 4 min
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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Dr. Ed
- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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 31, 2021
- 5 min
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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Dr. Ed
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
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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Dr. Ed
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
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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Dr. Ed
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
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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Dr. Ed
- Jan 25, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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
- Dec 28, 2020
- 1 min
ED Talk: COVID-19 Long Haulers and the Puzzling, Lingering Effects of a Virus We Don't Understand
As more and more Americans contract COVID-19 and survive, we are learning about the puzzling and long-term physical and mental effects...
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Dr. Ed
- Dec 22, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Dr. Ed
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
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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