Sometimes you hear of a brilliant idea and are thinking “why isn’t everyone jumping on this?” A Smart Thermometer to Detect COVID-19 Early When it’s an idea that could have a major impact on the spread of COVID-19, it’s even more frustrating that the powers-that-be aren’t implementing. I am talking about the Kinsa Health atypical…
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Gladiators Nursing Corona
I took my life in my hands the other day - wanting to see how things are on the front lines of the COVID-19 epidemic. Grace and I with our defensive gear To do this, I went and shadowed Grace Frye one of the nursing team on 2 South - the unit that has been…
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Is The Cure Worse Than The Problem?
It is a fiery debate that is raging over what is the right thing to do about COVID-19. Are we underestimating this virus. Has it yet to show it’s true colors, as did the Spanish flu of 1918 as it came back in far more lethal form. Or is “the cure worse than the problem”…
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How Cancer was “The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me”
This first appeared in Front Porch, Fredericksburg, VA in December 2019. It may sound a little perverse, but getting colon cancer was “ the best thing that ever happened to me” says Kendra Morgan. A Cancer Story With a Twist Kendra was working for a government contracting agency providing services to the Marine Corps and…
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