Greetings everyone! I hope this article finds you and your families doing well and staying safe! I’m writing this post in a different fashion than I have before. With the encouragement of Betty Chaffee, PharmD., I am going to share with you my personal experience of having been infected with COVID-19. The timeline: On January 1, 2021, I started to experience some minor nasal congestion. No big deal, right? Colds
We are already doing so much to protect ourselves and others from COVID-19. We wear masks, we stay home, maintain distance when we’re near others, wash our hands endlessly. Those are all effective ways to minimize the risk of catching and spreading the coronavirus. But the risk is still present. Let’s talk about other things each of us can do to stay as healthy as possible even as the COVID-19
I’m taking off my “pharmacist” hat and putting on my “average human being” hat for this post. Mostly, anyway. One can never really change who one is, I guess, but at least we can change the focus for a while. Thanksgiving, 2020 Who’d have thought that we’d still be distancing ourselves from loved ones after nearly 9 months? Honestly, I’d hoped for at least a small gathering of close relatives
Greetings, everyone! You’ve heard the sayings: “These are unprecedented times.” “We’re all in this together.” Perhaps you’ve read the headlines or have watched the news reports. It is likely you’ve been bombarded with political ads, and regardless of your political beliefs, you may be exhausted by it already. Your work situation may not be as stable as you previously had thought. The home environment may be more tense than before,