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Before You Or A Loved One Winds Up In Respiratory Distress, Read This
We are in the midst of shockingly hard times. People my age have survived the Cold War, 9/11, and wars in the Middle East, but this out-shocks them all, putting us face to face with possible imminent mortality. As President Trump warns us, "This will be probably the...
Death Is No Ending, So Let’s Try To Live & Die Well
Our experts are predicting that 100,000–240,000 Americans may die in this pandemic, an estimate some believe is overly optimistic. They say if we don't shelter in place, 2 million Americans might die. Many more will die all over the rest of the world. It’s not just...
Earth Sent Us To Time Out: A Sacred Opportunity
A meme floating around said, "Kinda feeling like the Earth just sent us all to our rooms to think about what we've done." Sounds just about right. We know that pandemics are part of Earth's immune system. If we are not behaving as healthy, cooperate cells in the...
Why You May Be Irrationally Freaked Out About Coronavirus (& How To Relax)
When it comes to this coronavirus outbreak, let's talk about fear, powerlessness, control, and trauma, just so we can understand the psychology of how we assess risk and how we respond emotionally to risk. Rationally, we can educate our minds to understand that the...
CORONAVIRUS: What is Self-Quarantine & How To Recover Fully If You Get It
In the US, we now have 220 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across 19 states, with 12 deaths, the latest one in California in Placer County. The person who died, who had underlying health problems so was more vulnerable, had been one of the 2500 people on the Grand...
Practical Tips For Coronavirus Protection From A Virologist
It's getting hard to keep up with how to report the spread of this virus, since different sources are reporting different numbers, but it seems that we have about 95,000 cases globally and 3300 deaths. Many of the new cases that are spreading to other...