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As a surgeon and woodworker, I have always found sustenance in using my hands. I think it touches, for me and many others, on a primal need to literally embody our feelings.
“Research has shown people often misunderstand standard food nutritional labels because of confusion about serving sizes; marijuana labeling is analogous.
Whether this reflects an over or undercount is unclear, you are welcome to your opinion. But it makes all the subsequent analysis just a little more imprecise and should make us not quite so definitive in our conclusions.
"Unlike close relatives, SARS-CoV-2 can readily attack human cells at multiple points, with the lungs and the throat being the main targets. Once inside the body, the virus makes use of a diverse arsenal of dangerous molecules.
    If we consider the water used in producing our foods, California is a net-importer and the Mid-West a net exporter.
So many articles, so little time. Let us get right to it. Could there be a genetic component to COVID-19’s ill effects?
“It’s hardly news that our E.M.R.
Lost in the discussion of the need for more ventilators in the face of COVID-19 is the consideration of what those ventilators supply, oxygen.
How’s it going at home, sheltering in place? Even with structuring our day, making sure we get dressed, and searching for a new binge-worthy stream, it seems tedious. We are not alone with that dilemma, now or historically.