Fatigue
Gene GlotzerPhoto by Isabella and Zsa Fischer on Unsplash I'm about three weeks removed from having covid. It wasn't a severe case, but I felt terrible. My symptoms were congestion, cough,…
Covid and Depression Part 2
Photo by Stormseeker on Unsplash Yesterday, I wrote about how depression puts people at higher risk for severe covid. Today I want to talk about another problem with covid. Apparently,…
Covid and Depression Part 1
Photo by Quinten Braem on Unsplash I recently heard that depression is a risk factor for covid. It was actually in a commercial. In the commercial, a bunch of celebrities…
Some Random Thoughts About Covid
Photo by Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash I don't have a lot to say about Covid that hasn't been said a thousand times, but I got Covid this week. Luckily…
A Look Back at 2021
2021 was something. It just started like three weeks ago, but tonight is the last night. That was different. It’s customary to end the year with a little retrospective and…
Is It Any Wonder There Are So Many Anti-Maskers and Anti-Vaxxers?
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash The CDC changed their COVID guidelines again. Now, if a person is asymptomatic after testing positive, they only need to isolate for five days…
Quick Questions: The Delta Variant Response
A month and a half or two months ago, we were told by those in charge and the experts that, thanks to the vaccine, the pandemic was basically over. We…
My Origin Story
I got stabbed in the left arm two weeks ago. It hurt, but it wasn't that serious. My arm was sore and I was really tired that night, but I…
Just
Photo by CDC on Unsplash For a year now, people have been telling me that COVID is not just the flu. That's how they always say it, "just the flu."…
Conversations
Photo by Joshua Rodriguez on Unsplash The pandemic has highlighted many of our problems. One of the most disturbing, for me, is the complete lack of a national conversation. There's very little public…