Harm Reduction

“… there is a strong scientific rationale and evidence that viruses are very efficiently spread through aerosols by the patient's breathing only. It is not necessary for the patient to cough or sneeze.

“Adults can do what they want, even though there’s simply no evidence that vapes help them to quit smoking. But our kids are not for sale.

The average American uses ten personal care products daily, and although the type of products has changed during the pandemic, their use has not.

We are born with certain instinctual behaviors. By what every means it is passed along, all of us have a fight or flight instinct when faced with danger. Can we all agree that when we fear for our lives, all of us fight or flee?

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There is no doubt that the President got out, “in front of his skies,” in announcing September 20th for the rollout of booster shots to all vaccinated Americans whose initial vaccination was eight months ago.

Can we agree that our political views are increasingly polarized? Doesn’t the abandonment of the middle for the “poles” suggest an imbalance? The chart is one, among many, metrics of that divisiveness.

Where along the aerodigestive tract does the virus encamp?

I know of no physician who hasn’t learned something valuable from a more experienced nurse. Not an almost medical student doctor, a newbie “intern,” or an on-the-job training resident physician.

Let’s get right to it.